| 单词 | water beech |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater beech water beech n. the same as blue beech n.extracted from beechn.water beech water beech n. North American either of two North American trees often found growing near water, the American plane, Platanus occidentalis, and the American hornbeam, Carpinus caroliniana. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > plane-trees > [noun] platanusOE planea1382 platana1382 plane treea1425 platan treea1425 plantain1535 plane1562 dwarf plane tree1578 chenar1638 buttonwood1670 platanus tree1670 Norway maple1731 water beech1735 American plane1781 sycamore1814 buttonball1818 London plane1860 sycamore-tree1872 1735 P. Collinson Let. 16 Aug. in J. Bartram Corr. (1992) 12 The Water Beach or Buttonwood Is known Here [sc. in England] as the Western Plane. 1896 Garden & Forest 23 Sept. 385/2 Carpinus caroliniana.—The American Hornbeam, in some places called the Blue Beech or Water Beech, is found along the banks of streams from the Dominion of Canada to Florida. 1905 Oölogist 22 88/2 All the way it seemed heavily wooded with Sycamores and water beeches, with here and there an oak. 2007 Trail Guide Cuyahoga Valley National Park (Cuyahoga Valley Trails Council) (ed. 3) 183 American hornbeam is a member of the birch family, but is also called water beech because it prefers moist soil. < as lemmas |
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