| 单词 | alder tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmasalder tree alder tree n. [compare Middle English alloren tree , alryn tre (see aldern adj.)] ΚΠ ?a1300 Gloss. Tree- & Bird-names in M. R. James Catal. MSS St. John's Coll., Cambr. (1913) 155 Aune, Hellertre. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 9 Aldyr tre [?a1475 Winch. Aleyre tre], or oryelle tre, alnus. 1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. A.vij Alnus is called..in Englishe an alder tree or an aller tree. 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. 282 They tooke downe through a groue of Alder trees. 1738 E. Albin Nat. Hist. Birds III. 71 These Birds..visit our Parts in the Winter-time, and leave us in the Spring; they frequent the Alder Trees, &c. By the River side. 1869 R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone II. iii. 42 The ground was broken with tufts of rush, and flag, and marestail, and a few rough alder-trees overclogged with water. 1900 H. L. Keeler Our Native Trees 314 The only alder tree which is commonly found in the northern states is Alnus glutinosa, a European species which is fairly naturalized. 2003 Nature Conservancy Winter 47/1 Redpolls forage on catkins of birch and alder trees. < as lemmas |
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