单词 | titi swamp |
释义 | > as lemmastiti swamp 1. Either of the evergreen shrubs or small trees of the family Cyrillaceae, of the south-eastern United States: the buckwheat tree, Cliftonia monophylla (more fully black titi), and the leatherwood, Cyrilla racemiflora (more fully black titi, red titi, white titi). Also attributive as titi swamp, titi thicket. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > North American trees or shrubs > [noun] > other North American trees or shrubs black-gum1709 white gum1709 red fir1722 Quebec oak1768 Pennsylvania fir tree1770 Pennsylvania dwarf mountain maple1785 Pennsylvania mountain laurel1785 pepperbush1785 pepperbush1785 southern pine1796 titi1827 palo blanco1829 mock orange1860 palo fierro1860 mountain laurel1866 Joshua1867 red cedar1872 porkwood1884 guajillo1886 mountain balm1924 1827 J. L. Williams View W. Florida 53 These galls are usually covered with titi and other andromedas, loblolly and other laurels, vaccinums and vines. 1860 A. W. Chapman Flora Southern U.S. 273 Cliftonia, Banks. Titi. 1880 Libr. Universal Knowl. III. 147 Buckwheat Tree..an evergreen shrub in the gulf states... Its local name is titi. a1897 F. B. Lloyd Sketches Country Life (1898) xliv. 267 He had jest simply been roamin round and round,..in that dismatic swamp—plungin and tearin through canebrakes and tighteye thickets. 1901 Torreya 1 116 Cyrilla raccmiflora L. Titi... Cliftonia monophylla (Lam.) Britton. Titi... In southeast Georgia, where these two species occur together, no distinction is made between them by the natives. 1929 National Forest Reservation Commission No. 44. 23 The area of titi swamp is not extensive. 1984 Florida Entomol. 67 393 Laboratory experiments evaluated leaf preference, using the stonefly..and differentially incubated red titi leaves. 2010 J. W. Moore Residual Effects of Unintended Consequences xi. 127 My father always drove for us and dropped us off at the edge of a swamp or titi thicket. < as lemmas |
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