| 单词 | trailing myrtle |
| 释义 | > as lemmastrailing myrtle e. U.S. Any of several plants that are thought to resemble the common myrtle in some way, esp. (a) the lesser periwinkle, Vinca minor (also †trailing myrtle, running myrtle); (b) any of several kinds of Ceanothus (family Rhamnaceae); (c) the California laurel, Umbellularia californica (family Lauraceae); (also) the wood of this tree. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > [noun] > other timber trees jasmine-wood1712 fiddlewood1714 loblolly tree1750 rosewood1755 loblolly-wood1756 horn-beech1771 hop hornbeam1785 olive wood1866 myrtle1880 pounce tree1884 rosebush1889 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > foliage, house, or garden plants > [noun] > periwinkle sengreenc1000 periwinkleOE clematis1551 pervenche1845 vinca1868 myrtle1880 the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > non-British shrubs > [noun] > North-American > ceanothus or red-root redroot1709 Jersey tea1759 New Jersey tea1759 New Jersey tea1760 spirit weed1864 myrtle1880 ceanothus1882 buck's-eye1883 red-heart1911 1880 C. E. Bessey Botany xx. 504 Among the cultivated plants..are Vinca sp., Periwinkle or, as it is erroneously called, Trailing Myrtle. 1884 C. S. Sargent Rep. Forests N. Amer. (10th Census IX) 41 Ceanothus thyrsifolius... Blue Myrtle. 1897 G. B. Sudworth Nomencl. Arborescent Flora U.S. 203 Umbellularia californica... Myrtle (Oreg.) 1908 B. L. Robinson & M. L. Fernald Gray's New Man. Bot. (ed. 7) 662 V. minor L. (Common P[eriwinkle], ‘Myrtle.’) Spreading by creeping stems. 1937 Range Plant Handbk. (U.S. Forest Service) b39 Probably the names in most general use [for Ceanothus species] have been bluebush (or bluebrush), buckbrush, lilac, and myrtle. 1976 S. M. Gault Dict. Shrubs in Colour 206/2 [Vinca] minor Lesser Periwinkle, Running-Myrtle (U.S.) to 46 cm. 1996 in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. III. 747/2 In Oregon..one of the biggest products of the tourist trade was salad bowls made of myrtle—what I..would have called California bay. < as lemmas |
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