单词 | planer tree |
释义 | planer tree in American English (ˈpleɪnər) US a small tree (Planera aquatica) of the elm family, with ovate leaves and a nutlike fruit, found in the SE U.S. Word origin after J. J. Planer, 18th-c. Ger botanistplaner tree in American English (ˈpleinər) noun a small tree, Planera aquatica, of the elm family, growing in moist ground in the southern U.S., bearing a small, ovoid, nutlike fruit and yielding a compact light-brown wood Also called: water elm Word origin [1800–10, Amer.; named after I. J. Planer, 18th-century German botanist]This word is first recorded in the period 1800–10. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: chlorine, gong, peripheral, sodium, studio |
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