单词 | cotoneaster |
释义 | cotoneastern. A genus of small trees or trailing shrubs, family Rosaceæ, inhabiting northern Europe and the Himalaya mountains, one species being a rare native of England. Some of them are cultivated as ornamental shrubs. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > [noun] > amelanchier or cotoneaster amelanchier1693 cotoneaster1753 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Cotonaster, in botany, a name given by several authors to a species of the cratægus. 1796 C. Marshall Gardening (1813) xix. 324 Cotoneaster (a medlar), dwarf quince. 1882 Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 9 567 Cotoneaster on a wall partly shaded by trees. 1893 N.E.D. at Cotoneaster Mod. The wall of the porter's lodge is covered with evergreen cotoneaster. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1753 |
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