释义 |
norfolk island pine noun Usage: usually capitalized N&I Etymology: from Norfolk Island, island in the southern Pacific ocean administratively attached to Australia : an evergreen tree (Araucaria excelsa) of Australia and Norfolk Island with whorls of horizontal branches densely set with deep green awl-shaped leaves that in its native home grows to 200 feet but is often grown in pots and there seldom exceeds a few feet in height |