In full whitten-tree. A tree perhaps having white leaves or flowers (not identified). Obsolete. rare.
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| 释义 | the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > unidentified or variously identified > [noun] (12) whittenOE In full whitten-tree. A tree perhaps having white leaves or flowers (not identified). Obsolete. rare. medicaa1398 A species of tree (not identified). Obsolete. hulder1545 German †hulder, holder is ‘elder’; but Ascham mentions elder as another tree; it is possible therefore that hulder is a misprint for hulver… lote-tree1678 Perhaps: an aquatic lotus (lotus, n. 1a), erroneously thought to be a tree. Obsolete. rare. sadore1681 A kind of tree with bitter wood (not identified). night-tree1849 a South or South-East Asian tree said to flower at night (usually identified as night jasmine, Nyctanthes arbor-tristis). Subcategories:— mythical or biblical (6) |
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