A kind of tree, in later use identifiable as tamarisk. Cf. quickbeam, n.
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| 释义 | the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > berry-bush or -tree > [noun] > mountain ash (25) quick treeeOE A kind of tree, in later use identifiable as tamarisk. Cf. quickbeam, n. wycheOE A kind of tree (not always possible to identify, esp. in early use); spec. the wych elm Ulmus glabra and the rowan (or mountain ash), Sorbus aucuparia… quickena1400 More fully quicken tree. The rowan or mountain ash, Sorbus aucuparia. Formerly also: †a juniper (obsolete rare). Cf. quickbeam, n. foldc1420 ? The mountain-ash (apparently rendering Latin ornus). rowan-tree1483 = rowan, n.1 2. quickbeam?1537 Any of several trees of the genus Sorbus, esp. the European rowan (S. acuparia), the wild service tree (S. torminalis), and the North American… wild ash1552 identified by the herbalists sometimes with the mountain ash, sometimes with the Ornus of the continent. field ash1578 the rowan or mountain ash, Sorbus aucuparia. mountain ash1597 Any of various trees of the genus Sorbus (family Rosaceae), typically having pinnate leaves, white flowers, and red berries; esp. S. aucuparia of… quicken berry1597 a rowan berry; a rowan tree. whitten1633 In full whitten-tree. The rowan or mountain ash, Sorbus aucuparia. Cf. whitty, n. Now English regional (midlands and southern) or historical. witchen1664 The rowan (or mountain ash), Sorbus aucuparia. Cf. quicken, n.1, whitten, n. 1c. quickenberry tree1671 a rowan tree. wicky1681 The mountain-ash or rowan-tree: = quicken, n.1; also wickeyberry tree. rowan1751 The European mountain ash, Sorbus acuparia, a small deciduous tree with pinnate leaves and clusters of white flowers; (in later use also) any of… narrow-leaved service tree1793 With distinguishing word or phrase, forming names of species of the genus Sorbus. In full †narrow-leaved service tree, fowler's service tree, †fowle… sorb1796 The rowan-tree; = service tree, n. 2d. bastard mountain ash1800 the oakleaf mountain ash, Sorbusx hybrida, which is native to Scandinavia and the Baltic region, and cultivated as an ornamental in northern… roundwood1846 U.S. regional (north-eastern). More fully roundwood tree. The American mountain ash, Sorbus americana; cf. rowan, n.1 fowler's service tree1859 With distinguishing word or phrase, forming names of species of the genus Sorbus. In full †narrow-leaved service tree, fowler's service tree, †fowle… Subcategories:— rowan-berry (3) — types of (2) |
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