| 单词 | button tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbutton tree button tree n. (a) the button mangrove, Conocarpus erectus; (b) (chiefly U.S.) the buttonball, Platanus occidentalis; (c) (chiefly U.S.) the buttonbush, Cephalanthus occidentalis. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > [noun] > mangroves mangle1613 mangrove1613 mangrove treec1625 button tree1698 Rhizophora1753 yam1753 button mangrove1864 1698 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 20 36 Jamaica Button-Tree. 1725 H. Sloane Voy. Islands II. 18 Button Tree. This tree..grows near the sea-side..among the mangroves. 1739 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. II. Addenda sig. Rrrr2 Platanus Americanus... The Button-tree. 1751 Gentleman's Mag. Dec. 561/2 Cephalanthus, or Button tree. 1833 Gardener's Mag. 9 118 Dr. Mease, in speaking of immense American button trees, has identified them with the genus Platanus. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 184/1 Button-tree, the common name of Conocarpus. 1898 N. L. Britton & A. Brown Illustr. Flora Northern U.S. III. 216 Cephalanthus occidentalis L. Button-bush. Button-tree. Honey-balls. Globe-flower. 1931 W. A. Dayton Important Western Browse Plants (U.S. Dept. Agric. Misc. Publ. No. 101) 145 Buttonbush.., known by a great number of local names, including button tree,..is one of the most widely distributed plants of North America. 1976 Backpacker Dec. 70/2 You can pass through..shoreline mangrove swamps with sea grapes, red mangroves and button trees. 2013 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 22 Jan. a11 Plane trees are also called the button tree or buttonwood tree in some parts of North America. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。