| 单词 | allspice tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmasallspice tree allspice tree n. (a) = sense 1b; (b) any of various large shrubs or small trees thought to resemble the allspice in some way; esp. the Carolina allspice, Calycanthus floridus; cf. sense 2. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > other non-British trees or shrubs > [noun] andrachne1601 genip1666 allspice1686 allspice tree1691 Morinda1754 garcinia1760 pea tree1766 canarium1776 Pemphis1777 oak tree1789 buddleia1791 ixora1816 Canary wood1820 persea1823 naio1826 plume nutmeg1846 partridge pea1852 Leichhardt-tree1860 hardwood1864 scrubwood1874 tree lily1891 pagoda tree1940 schefflera1954 1691 H. Sloane in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 16 462 Pimienta, Jamaica-Pepper, or All-Spice-Tree. This Tree has a Trunk as thick as ones thigh, rising streight about 30 feet high. 1741 P. Collinson Let. 21 July in J. Bartram Corr. (1992) 158 I want..the Gum of Arbor Benzoin or your Allspice Tree. 1859 R. H. Dana To Cuba & Back xiii. 144 My young friend joins me, and points out, on the allspice-tree, a chameleon. 1893 W. Robinson Eng. Flower Garden (ed. 3) 300/2 Calycanthus (Allspice Tree).—A North American shrub, with handsome flowers of a pleasant fragrance. 1907 Gardeners’ Chron. 7 Dec. 396/2 The Pimento or Allspice tree..is especially a Jamaica plant, from which island our supplies of the well-known berries are chiefly, if not exclusively, brought. 2007 Daily News (Galveston, Texas) 28 Jan. D3/4 My allspice tree..resides in a patio pot, and is easily pulled in when freezing temperatures threaten. < as lemmas |
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