单词 | gymnospermous tree |
释义 | gymnospermous tree (once / 3939771 pages) n WORD FAMILY gymnospermous tree USAGE EXAMPLESVery similar would seem to have been the fate of a more familiar gymnospermous tree, the Gingko or Salisburia. Gray, Asa, Darwiniana; Essays and Reviews Pert...(2010) n any tree of the division Gymnospermophyta Hypo|Hyper Gnetum gnemon, gnetum small tropical tree with tiered branches and divaricate branchlets having broad glossy dark green leaves; exploited for its edible young leaves and seeds that provide a fine flour Ginkgo biloba, gingko, ginkgo, maidenhair treedeciduous dioecious Chinese tree having fan-shaped leaves and fleshy yellow seeds; exists almost exclusively in cultivation especially as an ornamental street tree conifer, coniferous treeany gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones pine, pine tree, true pinea coniferous tree larch, larch treeany of numerous conifers of the genus Larix all having deciduous needlelike leaves Pseudolarix amabilis, golden larchChinese deciduous conifer resembling a larch with golden yellow leaves fir, fir tree, true firany of various evergreen trees of the genus Abies; chiefly of upland areas cedar, cedar tree, true cedarany cedar of the genus Cedrus spruceany coniferous tree of the genus Picea hemlock, hemlock treean evergreen tree douglas firtall evergreen timber tree of western North America having resinous wood and short needles CathayaChinese evergreen conifer discovered in 1955; not yet cultivated elsewhere cedar, cedar treeany of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars cypress, cypress treeany of numerous evergreen conifers of the genus Cupressus of north temperate regions having dark scalelike leaves and rounded cones Athrotaxis selaginoides, King William pineevergreen of Tasmanian mountains having sharp-pointed leaves that curve inward Metasequoia glyptostrodoides, dawn redwood, metasequoialarge fast-growing Chinese monoecious tree having flat bright-green deciduous leaves and small globular cones; commonly cultivated in United States as an ornamental; known as a fossil before being discovered in China arborvitaeany of several Asian and North American conifers of the genera Thuja and Thujopsis keteleeriaAsiatic conifers resembling firs Wollemi pinenewly discovered (1994) pine thought to have been long extinct; Australia; genus and species names not yet assigned araucariaany of several tall South American or Australian trees with large cones and edible seeds dammar pine, kauri pineany of various trees of the genus Agathis; yield dammar resin plum-yewany of several evergreen trees and shrubs of eastern Asia resembling yew and having large seeds enclosed in a fleshy envelope; sometimes cultivated as ornamentals celery pineAustralasian evergreen conifer having a graceful head of foliage resembling celery that is composed of phyllodes borne in the axils of scalelike leaves podocarpany evergreen in the southern hemisphere of the genus Podocarpus having a pulpy fruit with one hard seed Podocarpus coriaceus, yacca, yacca podocarpWest Indian evergreen with medium to long leaves Podocarpus elatus, Rockingham podocarp, brown pinelarge Australian tree with straight-grained yellow wood that turns brown on exposure African yellowwood, Podocarpus elongatus, cape yellowwoodSouth African tree or shrub having a rounded crown Podocarpus totara, totaravaluable timber tree of New Zealand yielding hard reddish wood used for furniture and bridges and wharves Dacrycarpus dacrydioides, New Zealand Dacryberry, New Zealand white pine, Podocarpus dacrydioides, kahikateaNew Zealand evergreen valued for its light easily worked wood Dacrydium cupressinum, imou pine, red pine, rimutall New Zealand timber tree Dacrydium colensoi, tar-wood, tarwoodNew Zealand silver pine of conical habit with long slender flexuous branches; adapted to cold wet summers and high altitudes Falcatifolium falciforme, common sickle pinesmall tropical rain forest tree of Indonesia and Malaysia Falcatifolium taxoides, yellow-leaf sickle pinea rain forest tree or shrub of New Caledonia having a conic crown and pale green sickle-shaped leaves; host species for the rare parasite yew Dacrydium bidwilli, Halocarpus bidwilli, New Zealand mountain pine, tar-wood, tarwoodNew Zealand shrub Lagarostrobus colensoi, silver pine, westland pinetimber tree of New Zealand having shiny white wood Dacrydium franklinii, Lagarostrobus franklinii, huon pineTasmanian timber tree with yellow aromatic wavy-grained wood used for carving and ship building; sometimes placed in genus Dacrydium Nageia nagi, nagimedium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves; southern China to Taiwan and southern Japan Podocarpus ferruginea, Prumnopitys ferruginea, black pine, miroNew Zealand conifer used for lumber; the dark wood is used for interior carpentry Podocarpus spicata, Prumnopitys taxifolia, black pine, mataiconifer of Australia and New Zealand Prumnopitys andina, Prumnopitys elegans, plum-fruited yewSouth American evergreen tree or shrub Prince Albert yew, Prince Albert's yew, Saxe-gothea conspicuasmall yew having attractive foliage and partially weeping branches cultivated as an ornamental; mountains of southern Chile Podocarpus amara, Prumnopitys amara, Sundacarpus amaraa large fast-growing monoecious tropical evergreen tree having large glossy lanceolate leaves; of rain forests of Sumatra and Philippines to northern Queensland Japanese umbrella pine, Sciadopitys verticillatatall evergreen having a symmetrical spreading crown and needles growing in whorls that resemble umbrellas at ends of twigs yewany of numerous evergreen trees or shrubs having red cup-shaped berries and flattened needlelike leaves tree a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms |
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