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ˈpipe-tree
[f. pipe n.1 9 + tree.]
A name used in the seventeenth century to English Lat. Syringa in its then wide sense, including (a) the Common Syringa, Mock Orange, or Orange-blossom (F. séringat), Philadelphus coronarius, the ‘white Pipe-tree’; (b) the Lilac, Syringa vulgaris Linn., the ‘blew Pipe-tree’. Also the ‘double (white) Pipe-tree’, Jasminum Sambac. (See pipe n.1 9.)
1629Parkinson Paradisi cvii. 407 The blew Pipe tree riseth sometimes to be a great tree. Ibid. 408 The single white Pipe tree or bush, neuer commeth to that height of the former... The flowers..are of a strong, full, or heady sent, not pleasing to a great many. Ibid. 410 The double white Pipe tree is much used in Egypt to help women in their trauailes of childbirth. 1688R. Holme Armoury ii. 71/2 The double Pipe-tree, or Jasmine of Arabia, hath the Flowers double. 1707Mortimer Husb. (1721) II. 185 Lilac, or Pipe-Tree,..affords fine scented Flowers in April or May. 1756–66T. Amory Buncle (1825) III. 226 A liquor of a beautiful colour, like that of the lilach or pipe-tree blossom.
b. pudding pipe-tree: see pudding. |