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Leichhardt|ˈlaɪkɑːt|
The name of the German explorer of Australia, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Leichhardt (1813–48), used attrib. in Leichhardt-tree, -pine to designate a tree native to Australia and India, Nauclea orientalis, of the family Rubiaceæ, which bears heads of yellow flowers; also absol.; Leichhardt's bean (see bean n. 4).
1860F. von Mueller Essay on Plants collected by Mr. Eugene Fitzalan 12 The opportunity is an apt one for offering here some remarks on the ‘Leichhardt-tree’ of the settlers of Rockhampton. 1874M. K. Beveridge Lost Life 40 Groaning beneath the friendly shade That by a Leichhardt-tree was made. 1885H. Finch-Hatton Advance Australia! 258 The Leichhardt is a very symmetrical tree that grows to a height of about sixty feet, and has leaves rather like a big laurel. 1888F. M. Bailey Queensland Woods 76 S[arcocephalus] cordatus... Leichhardt-tree or Canary-wood... A large tree with a thick, soft, corky bark of a more or less yellowish colour. 1907Mrs. A. Gunn We of Never-Never 64 The camp had been fixed up in the silent depths of a dark Leichhardt⁓pine forest. 1908E. J. Banfield Confessions of Beachcomber ii. i. 252 ‘Koo-badg-aroo’ (Leichhardt-tree, Sarcocephalus cordatus), resembling a strawberry in shape, but brown, spicy and hot. 1944W. E. Harney Taboo (ed. 3) 27 Those huge Leichhardt trees..would then be fashioned into canoes. |