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单词 tamarisk
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tamariskn.

/ˈtamərɪsk/
Forms: α. Middle English thamarike, thamaryke, 1500s tamarice, 1500s–1700s thamaric, thamarik, tamerick, 1600s tamricke. β. Middle English–1600s (in Latin form) tamariscus, plural tamarisci; 1500s tamoriscke, 1500s–1600s tamariscke, 1500s– tamarisk, 1600s tameriske, tamriske, 1700s tamarisc.
Etymology: < late Latin tamariscus (Palladius), variant of tamarix, -īcem, whence French tamaris (13th cent.), also in 16th cent. tamarisc, tamarix. Ulterior source of the Latin name unknown.
1.
a. A plant of the genus Tamarix, esp. T. gallica, the common tamarisk (called in Latin myrīca, in Greek μυρίκη), a graceful evergreen shrub or small tree, with slender feathery branches and minute scale-like leaves, growing in sandy places in Southern Europe and Western Asia, and now much planted by the seashore in the south of England. Several other species, some with trunks 6 or 7 feet in girth, occur in the Mediterranean region. German tamarisk, the allied Myricaria germanica.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > [noun] > tamarisk
quick treeeOE
tamariskc1400
myrica1548
jhow1827
ithel1838
sea cypress1855
tarfa1858
salt cedar1881
c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 220 Make him a gargarism of liquiricie, yreos, & tamarisci.
c1440 Pallad. on Husb. xii. 316 Atte gynnyng of this moone, of thamarike And other floures wilde, useth the bee Hony..to pike.
1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. E.vv The scholemaisters in Englande haue of longe tyme called myricā heath, or lyng, but so longe haue they bene deceyued al together. It maye be called in englishe, Tamarik.
1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 59 Ye Cypres tre and the Tamarisk haue carnose or flesshy leues.
1582 in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1599) II. i. 165 The Archbishop of Canterburie Edmund Grindall, after he returned out of Germany, brought into this realme the plant of Tamariske from thence.
?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xxi. 18 On the shore, the Worthy hid, and left his horrid lance Amids the Tamriskes.
1716 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad II. vi. 49 His headlong Steeds..Rush'd on a Tamarisk's strong Trunk, and broke The shatter'd Chariot from the crooked Yoke.
1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho I. iv. 111 Sauntering over hillocks covered with lavender, wild thyme, juniper, and tamarisc.
1827 Gentleman's Mag. 97 ii. 34 Say, wilt thou court the tamarisk's lowly shade, And tune to strains of love thy dulcet reed?
1864 J. Gilbert & G. C. Churchill Excurs. Dolomite Mts. 68 Clumps of alder and willow, interspersed with bushes of the tamarisk (Myricaria germanica).
b. A decoction or other preparation of the leaves of this plant, formerly used in medicine. Obsolete.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines of specific form > decoction or infusion > [noun] > specific decoction or infusion
sabras?c1225
tisanea1398
tamarisk1597
wort1694
sage tea?1706
poppy tea1709
yapon tea1723
herb-tea1744
spring juices1751
balm-tea1752
camomile-tea1753
uva ursi1753
nettle tea1758
bush tea1768
quassia1778
majo bitters1866
Mexican tea1866
1597 W. Langham Garden of Health 627 Tamariske: it is a medicine of excellent power and vertue against the stopping & hardnes of the milt, if it be but drunke out of, being made into a vessell to drinke it.
1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. iv. i. v. 447 The wines ordinarily vsed to this disease, are Wormewoodwine, Tamarisk, & Buglossatum.
1718 J. Quincy Pharmacopœia Officinalis 139 Tamarisk..attenuates, opens and absterges.
2. Used for tamarack n.
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a1817 T. Dwight Trav. New-Eng. & N.-Y. (1821) I. 36 Hacmontac, or Tamarisk.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.
a.
tamarisk-bough n.
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?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads x. 395 He hung them vp aloft, vpon a Tamricke bow.
1863 M. L. Whately Ragged Life Egypt xx. 202 The school-room had been swept neatly and decorated with tamarisk-boughs and a few flowers.
tamarisk-branch n.
tamarisk-bush n.
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1816 H. G. Knight Eastern Sketches Pref. (1830) 36 Tamarisk bushes, stunted acacia trees,..complete the produce of the choicest spots in the Deserts [of Arabia].
tamarisk-jungle n.
tamarisk-stem n.
tamarisk-tree n.
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1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball vi. xv. 677 Swine which haue bene dayly fedde out of a trough..made of Tamarisk tree or timber, haue bene seene to haue no milt at al. [Cf. Pliny N.H. 24. 9. 41.]
?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads vi. 37 Low-growne Tamricke trees.
1876 Oxford Bible-Helps 116 Of the tamarisk-tree seven species exist in Palestine.
tamarisk-twig n.
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1614 S. Purchas Pilgrimage (ed. 2) iv. vii. 371 Muttering their prayers, holding a bundle of small Tameriske-twigs.
b.
tamarisk-fringed adj.
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1899 F. C. Gould in Westm. Gaz. 6 Sept. 1/3 The tamarisk-fringed white-dusted road.
tamarisk-grown adj.
C2.
tamarisk salt n. salt found adhering to the trunk of Tamarix orientalis in edible quantity ( Cent. Dict.); hence tamarisk-salt-tree.
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the world > food and drink > food > additive > salt > [noun] > types of salt
salt-stonea1000
saltc1000
white saltOE
bay-salt1465
rock salt1562
salt upon salt1580
mineral salt1600
sea salt1601
French salt1617
verge-salt1656
table salt1670
pigeon salt1679
salt-cakec1702
tamarisk salt1712
cat-salt1724
butter salt1749
basket-salt1753
Sunday salt1756
rock1807
stoved salt1808
solar salt1861
fishery-salt1883
gros sel1917
1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 64 From this Wood is made a white Chrystal Salt, called Tamarisk Salt.
tamarisk ware n. vessels or dishes made from the wood of the tamarisk.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > [noun] > vessels of specific wood
tamarisk ware1712
1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 64 They..make little Casks, Cups, and Dishes of it, which are call'd Tamarisk Ware.
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