单词 | water elder |
释义 | > as lemmaswater elder water elder n.,extracted from eldern.1water elder water elder n. the guelder rose, Viburnum opulus (also called marsh elder). [Apparently after post-classical Latin sambucus aquatica (1554 in the source translated in quot. 1578); compare Dutch watervlier (1608 in a later edition of the underlying Dutch text).] ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > viburnums or guelder rose and allies > [noun] bendwithc1440 opier1548 opulus1548 ople1551 dwarf plane tree1578 water elder1578 whitten1578 guelder rose1597 rose elder1597 wayfaring man's tree1597 wayfaring tree1597 opiet1601 cotton tree1633 viorne1637 mealy tree1640 laurustinus1664 stinking tree1681 black haw1688 laurel-thyme1693 laurustine1693 viburnum1731 wayfaring shrub1731 May rose1753 pembina1760 snowball tree1760 mealtree1785 stink-tree1795 cherry-wood1821 snowball1828 sloe1846 withe-rod1846 lithy-tree1866 nannyberry1867 king's crown1879 stag bush1884 snowball bush1931 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball vi. lxxx. 760 This plant is called..Water Elder [Fr. Suyn..aquatique], bycause of the flowers and fruite, also the timber is full of pith, lyke Elder. 1838 J. C. Loudon Arboretum II. 1039 Viburnum Opulus. The Guelder Rose..Marsh Elder, Rose Elder, Water Elder. 1992 R. Bisgrove Gardens Gertrude Jekyll 59/1 The planting takes on a more flowing character..with generous masses of fresh green water elder. < as lemmas |
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