| 单词 | eastern red cedar |
| 释义 | > as lemmaseastern red cedar 1. More fully eastern red cedar, Virginian red cedar. A juniper of eastern North America, Juniperus virginiana, which has reddish bark and heartwood; the wood of this tree. Also called pencil cedar. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > conifers > junipers > [noun] gorsec1000 savinOE juniper-treea1382 junipera1400 quickena1400 juniperinec1430 cade1575 jeniver1585 melmot1644 oxycedar1646 red cedar1682 cover-shame1694 Bermuda cedar1700 pencil cedar1785 sharp cedar1840 Rocky Mountain juniper1852 tuckamore1863 tucking-bush1890 1682 S. Wilson Acct. Province Carolina 12 This Country hath..divers sorts of lasting Timber that England hath not, as Cedar white and red, Cypress, Locust, Bay and Laurel Trees. 1717 Petiveriana iii. 11/2 Red Cedar. An Evergreen, its Wood sweet, very durable. 1831 On Planting (Libr. Useful Knowl.) viii. 122/1 The red cedar..attains to the size of a timber tree in deep sandy loam soils. 1904 E. Step Wayside & Woodland Trees 81 The Virginian Juniper..or ‘Red Cedar’, as it is called on the American continent, is..frequently planted in our parks and gardens. 1972 Ecology 53 1141/2 ‘Fruits’ of pasture juniper and red cedar are important foods for red squirrel and various birds. 2004 Nat. New Eng. Winter 71 Less common, but equally valued are the Atlantic white cedar, Chamaecyparis thyoides, found in swamps, and the eastern red cedar, Juniperus virginiana. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。