| 单词 | duke of argyll's tea tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmasDuke of Argyll's tea tree 3. Applied to various other trees: see tea n.1 6; in Great Britain esp. to the flowering shrub Lycium barbarum or chinense (N.O. Solanaceæ), a native of China, also called Duke of Argyll's tea tree (see quot. 1838). African tea tree n. Lycium afrum. Ceylon tea tree n. etc.: see quots. ΚΠ 1777 G. Forster Voy. round World I. 130 The spruce and the tea-trees. 1812 S. Edwards New Bot. Garden I. i. 113 Ceanothus Americanus, New Jersey Tea-tree. 1838 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Trees & Shrubs III. 1269 One species, L[ycium] barbarum, is commonly called the Duke of Argyll's tea tree from the circumstance of a tea plant, (Thea viridis), having been sent to the Duke of Argyll at the same time as this plant, and the labels having been accidentally changed. 1858 R. Hogg Veg. Kingdom lxiv. 231 Elæodendron glaucum, a native of Ceylon and Coromandel, has been introduced [into S. Africa] under the name of Ceylon Tea Tree. 1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants Tea-plant, or Tea-tree,..African, Lycium afrum...—, Blue Mountain, or Golden-rod, Solidago odora...—, St. Helena, Beatsonia portulacæfolia...—, Surinam, various species of Lantana. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 24 Feb. 5/1 The plant commonly known as the Duke of Argyll's tea tree, belonging to the same natural order (Solanaceæ) as the potato and tomato. < as lemmas |
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