| 单词 | whitty-tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhitty-tree Usually whitty-tree = whitten-tree at whitten n. 1 ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > pear-tree > service-tree service1510 service tree1510 sorb-apple1548 sorb1555 corm1578 whitty-treea1697 Sorbus1706 a1697 J. Aubrey Nat. Hist. Wilts. (1847) i. ix. 56 Whitty-tree, or wayfaring-tree, is rare in this country. 1833 E. Lees Affin. Plants (1834) 63 The true-service or sorb-tree... This tree..is called the whitty or witten pear-tree, its fruit being exactly similar to very small pears. 1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II Whitty-tree, the mountain ash. West. 1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II Witty (L), the mountain ash. Salop. 1868 Archaeologia 42 125 The Rowan or Quick-beam,..popularly termed the Mountain Ash.., and, in some counties, the Whiten-tree and the Witty. < as lemmas |
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