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单词 wellingtonia
释义 wellingtonia|wɛlɪŋˈtəʊnɪə|
[Named by Lindley after Arthur, first duke of Wellington (1769–1852): see -ia1.]
The popular name in England of Sequoia (Wellingtonia) gigantea, a large coniferous tree, native of California; the ‘big tree’ or Washington cedar.
[1853Gard. Chron. 24 Dec. 820/1 Wellington stands as high above his contemporaries as the Californian tree above all the surrounding foresters. Let it then bear henceforward the name of Wellingtonia gigantea.] Ibid. 823/3 These considerations seem to leave no room for doubt that Wellingtonia is an entirely new coniferous form.1868Morning Star 18 June, A group composed of three gigantic Wellingtonias.1880M. E. Braddon Just as I am xxvii, Gardens rich in monkey-trees, deodaras, Wellingtonias.
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