单词 | wax-tree |
释义 | wax-treen. A name given to various trees, of different localities, yielding vegetable or insect wax; esp. a. The candleberry myrtle, Myrica cerifera, of North America. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > myrica and allies > [noun] galec1000 Dutch myrtle1597 sweet willow1597 gow1598 sweet-gale1640 candle-tree1692 candleberry tree1731 tallow shrub1770 myrica1791 wax-tree1791 wax-plant1801 wax-myrtle1813 Comptonia1823 tallow-bush1835 wax-berry1835 sweet fern1849 bog myrtle1866 meadow fern1876 flea-wood1892 1791 W. Bartram Trav. N. & S. Carolina 405 A species of Myrica (Myrica inodora)..which the French inhabitants call the Wax tree. 1803 Jrnl. Nat. Philos. Mar. 188 The myrica cerifera, or wax tree. b. The privet, Ligustrum lucidum, of China. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [noun] > hedge plants > privet primpc1400 ligustre1480 privet1542 primprint1548 prim1573 ligustrum1664 English myrtle1816 wax-tree1825 Japan privet1869 swamp privet1884 primet- 1825 Curtis's Bot. Mag. 52 2565 Ligustrum lucidum. Chinese Privet, or Wax-tree. 1890 A. Hosie Three Years W. China 197 The tree is known to the Chinese as the Pai-la shu, or ‘white wax tree’. c. The genus Vismia of South America. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular tree or plant yielding useful gum or resin > [noun] > of South America or West Indies > other South American gum trees muskwood1696 weeping bower1696 wax-tree1843 resin plant1846 carnauba1854 1843 Penny Cycl. XXVII. 152/1 Wax-tree, the common name of the plants belonging to the genus Vismia. d. The varnish-tree of South America, Elæagia utilis. ΚΠ 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 442/2 The natives [in S. America] speak of the tree producing this resin, Elæagia utilis, as the Wax tree or Varnish tree. e. The Japanese shrub Rhus succedanea. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > sumacs > [noun] buck's-horna1450 rhus?1541 sumac1548 Venice sumac1597 poisonwood1671 poison tree1676 swamp sumac1722 urushi1727 stag-horn1753 Venetian sumac1755 poison ash1757 ipoh1779 poison sumac1785 ailanthus tree1789 Japan varnish1789 vinegar-plant1797 mountain sumac1813 poison dogwood1814 upas1814 karee1815 fustet1821 taaibos1821 poison elder1822 varnish sumac1822 Japan lacquer1835 tree of heaven1845 anacard1847 smoke plant1856 tanners' sumac1858 swamp dogwood1859 smoke-tree1860 wax-tree1866 wig-sumac1867 wig-tree1867 burnwood1874 vinegar-tree1874 mountain manchineel1884 valley of death tree1888 sugar-bush1900 smoke bush1902 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 1229/2 Wax-tree,..Japan, Rhus succeedaneum. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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