| 释义 |
palo verde U.S.|ˈpæləʊ ˈvɛrdeɪ|
[Amer. Sp., = ‘green tree’.]
A name used for several small trees or shrubs belonging to the genera Cercidium or Parkinsonia of the family Leguminosæ, native to south-western North America and distinguished by green bark and racemes of yellow flowers. Also attrib.
1854J. R. Bartlett Pers. Narr. Explor. Texas II. 188 The vegetation consisted of mezquit and palo verde. 1860Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. II. 129 In the eastern part of the Papagoria, the country is..covered with a low growth of mesquite and palo verde brush. 1881Amer. Naturalist XV. 982 The ‘Palo[v]erde’ of the Mexicans{ddd}grows to be some fifteen or twenty feet high. 1891[see mescal 2]. 1913Rep. Brit. Assoc. Adv. Sci. 1912 533 The valleys [in the Sonora Desert] contain in abundance trees—of which the most common are mesquito (Prosopis velutina) and paloverde (Parkinsonia torreyana)—shrubs and cacti. 1947Southern Sierran May 4/2 The flaming red of the Ocotillo and the bright lemon yellow of the Palo Verde were outstanding. 1955Sci. Amer. Apr. 72 (caption) Desert wash is traced by ironwood (Olneya) and paloverde (Cercidium) plants. 1969T. H. Everett Living Trees of World 200/2 The Jerusalem thorn or palo verde..is not an Old World native but is indigenous from Texas to Argentina. 1972Y. Lovelock Vegetable Bk. i. 177 Another close American relative [of the Judas tree] is the palo verde.., whose Spanish name refers to the distinctive green bark. 1974P. A. Munz Flora S. California 437 Cercidium Tulasne. Palo Verde. Shrubs or small trees with green bark and {pm} spinose twigs. Ibid. 465 Parkinsonia L. Palo Verde. Low trees with green branches and twigs... P. aculeata L. Mexican Palo Verde. |