单词 | caragana |
释义 | caraganan. Any of various shrubs and small trees of the leguminous genus Caragana, native to central Asia and Siberia and widely planted in North America as a hardy hedge plant; esp. the Siberian pea-tree, C. arborescens. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [noun] > hedge plants Christmas bush1750 caragana1866 macrocarpa1866 Monterey cypress1868 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 219 Caragana, the Siberian Pea Tree. 1885 G. Nicholson Illustr. Dict. Gardening I. 264/2 Caraganas are generally increased by grafting on C. arborescens. 1951 Chambers's Jrnl. Aug. 505/1 The yellow gorse-like blossoms of the caragana, or Siberian pea-tree, a hardy shrub used extensively for hedges [in Saskatchewan], are alive with bees during their short season of bloom. 1968 R. Kroetsch Alberta i. 16 When I last visited her she was out by the caragana hedge behind her ranch house. 1984 M. Epp tr. Krüssman Man. Cultivated Broad-Leaved Trees & Shrubs I. 276/2 All the Caraganas need a location in full sun. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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