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单词 wood-brown
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wood-brownn.

Brit. /ˈwʊdbraʊn/, U.S. /ˈwʊdˌbraʊn/
Forms: Also Middle English wudebrune, Middle English wodebron, Middle English wodebroun, (1500s woodbroney).
Etymology: < wood n.1 6 + brown n.
1. The herb bugle, Ajuga reptans, in reference to the brownish tint of the leaves. Obsolete.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > labiate plant or plants > [noun] > bugle plant or bloom
thunder-cloverc1000
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wood-browna1300
prunella1527
ground-pine1551
consound1578
field cypress1578
forget-me-not1578
middle comfrey1578
prunel1578
ajuga1640
ground-ivy1640
bugle-bloom1818
bugleweed1841
a1300 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 554/7 Buglosa, i. bugle, i. wudebrune.
a1400 J. Mirfield Sinonoma Bartholomei (1882) 13 Bugla, bugle, i. uodebroun.
2. Glossing Latin fraxinus ash-tree.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > ash and allies > [noun]
ashc700
fraynec1325
wood-browna1400
wild ash1552
white ash1578
manna tree1665
black ash1673
white ash1683
water ash1709
manna ash1715
hoop-ash1763
red ash1773
shrew-ash1776
blue ash1783
swamp ash1794
weeping ash1807
green ash1810
cockscomb ash1850
Oregon ash1857
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > [noun] > ash as timber tree
ashc700
fraynec1325
wood-browna1400
a1400 Stockh. Med. MS. 188 Hertwourt or wodebroun, f[r]axinus.
1597 J. Gerard Herball App. Woodbroney is Fraxinus.
3. [partly after German holzbraun.] The brown colour characteristic of wood (see quot. 1805). Also as adj.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > [noun] > other browns
umberc1568
Spanish brown1660
earth colour1688
raw umber1702
iron brown1714
clove-brown1794
raw sienna1797
wood-brown1805
moorit1809
coffee1815
oak1815
burnt almond1850
Vandyke brown1850
Turk's head1853
catechu brown1860
oak brown1860
mummy brown1861
walnut-brown1865
Havana1873
havana brown1875
wax-brown1887
box1889
nutria1897
caramel1909
wallflower brown1913
cigar1923
desert-brown1923
sunburn1923
tobacco1923
maple1926
butterscotch1927
walnut1934
snuff1951
mink1955
toffee1960
sludge1962
earth-tone1973
1805 T. Weaver tr. A. G. Werner Treat. Fossils 63 Wood~brown is a very pale colour, being a mixture of yellowish-brown and much ashes-grey.
1837 W. Macgillivray Hist. Brit. Birds II. 367 The wings and tail wood-brown.
1867 A. D. Whitney Summer in Leslie Goldthwaite's Life ii. 17 The loveliest balmoral I ever saw in my life!.. Why, you'll look like a hamadryad, all in these wood-browns!
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