| 单词 | dwarf plane tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdwarf plane tree dwarf plane tree n. †(a) the guelder rose, Viburnum opulus, which has leaves somewhat resembling those of plane trees (obsolete); (b) a naturally or artificially dwarfed plane tree or (rarely) sycamore (now chiefly historical). ΚΠ 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball vi. lxxx. 760 Of Marris Elder, Ople, or Dwarffe Plane tree. 1728 R. Bradley Dict. Botanicum at Aphaca Legumen Dwarf Plane-Tree. See Marish, or Water-Elder. 1886 G. Stables Cruise Land Yacht ‘Wanderer’ xxiv. 256 Here and there, as far as you can see, up through it grow wild dwarf oak bushes, their foliage crimson or carmine tipped, dwarf plane trees, with broad sienna leaves, that glitter in the sunshine as if they had been varnished. 1929 Geogr. Rev. 19 441 In either case it [sc. the ambulatio] was bordered by a fancifully cut box hedge or by dwarf plane trees. 2003 M. Carroll Earthly Paradises 86 Favourite plants in these gardens were ivy, box, laurel, cypress, myrtle, acanthus, dwarf plane trees and rosemary. < as lemmas |
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