| 单词 | wych alder |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswych alder wych alder n. either of two shrubs constituting the genus Fothergilla (family Hamamelidaceae), which are native to the southeastern United States, and cultivated as ornamentals for their spikes of fragrant flowers, which lack petals but have conspicuous white stamens, and for their red, orange, and yellow autumn foliage. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > medicinal trees or shrubs > [noun] > non-British medicinal trees or shrubs > witch hazel oppie1592 witch hazel1737 hamamelis1751 winterbloom1752 wych alder1822 hazel1867 1822 A. Eaton Man. Bot. (ed. 3) 282 [Fothergilla] alnifolia..(witch alder. Southern states.) 1990 S. A. Spongberg Reunion of Trees i. 36 The witch alders and the witch hazels all belong to the same family of plants, the Hamamelidaceae, and they share an identical mechanism of seed dispersal. 2005 Chron.-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio) 8 May e 6/6 Another less common woody native also in its glory in mid-May is the Witch Alder (Fothergilla gardenii). < as lemmas |
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