fire treen.

Brit.

/ˈfʌɪə triː/, U.S.

/ˈfaɪ(ə)r ˌtri/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fire n., tree n.

Etymology: < fire n. + tree n.

†1. Scottish. Perhaps: a frame on which to hang implements for use with a domestic fireplace. Obsolete. rare.

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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > that which or one who heats > [noun] > a device for heating or warming > devices for heating buildings, rooms, etc. > hearth or fireplace > (set of) fire irons

fire tree1566

fire irons1642

fire set1800

companion set1920

1566 Protocol Bks. T. Johnsoun (1920) 150 Ane brander, coilraik and fyretrie.

1635 in W. Fraser Mem. Earls of Haddington (1889) II. 303 Coilraik, faire tre.

2. A type of firework. Now historical and rare.

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the world > matter > light > firework > [noun] > types of

fire sword1482

firedrake1608

fiend1634

fire club1634

fire lance1634

fire-target1634

saucisson1634

fire-trunk1639

runner1647

fire pole1708

fire fountain1729

fire-flyer1740

line-rocket1740

devil1742

fire tree1749

Grecian fire1774

jet1774

fire pan1799

metamorphose1818

Saxon1839

lightning paper1866

asteroid1875

brilliant1875

pearl1884

1749 Gentleman's Mag. May 234/2 A magnificent firework was play'd off also in Privy Garden and on the Thames, consisting of 200 watermines, 200 air baloons, 200 fire-trees,..and 100 stars.

1801 J. Strutt Glig-gamena Angel-ðeod iv. iii. 332 These [firework] exhibitions were very clumsily contrived, consisting chiefly in wheels, fire-trees, jerbs, and rockets.

1945 S. Carolina Hist. & Geneal. Mag. Apr. 107 Formulae for fireworks: rockets, fire ships, fire trees, etc.

3. Any of several trees or shrubs with red or orange flowers, esp. the Western Australian tree Nuytsia floribunda (family Loranthaceae) (also called Christmas tree and flame tree) and the Chilean fire bush, Embothrium coccineum.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > names applied to various species of trees or shrubs > [noun]

purslanec1400

mast tree1597

laburnum1693

whitebark1700

jatropha1754

quince1794

honey bush1813

snake-wood1832

ake1835

akeake1841

fire tree1851

flame-tree1866

subtree1878

1851 Illustr. Austral. Mag. June 357 The nuytsia floribunda, whose flame-coloured blossoms have acquired for it the name of the fire-tree, exhibits the curious phenomena of a parasitical plant trailing along the ground.

1860 G. Bennett Gatherings of Naturalist in Austral. xviii. 347 [The pohutukawa] is the New Zealand Oak and Fire-tree of Europeans.

1927 Garden 30 Apr. 286/3 Embothrium coccineum (the Fire Tree).

2002 Church Times 21 June 13/1 In our garden we felt very patriotic, with the bright-red Chilean fire tree.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	fire tree
释义	fire treen. Brit. /ˈfʌɪə triː/, U.S. /ˈfaɪ(ə)r ˌtri/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fire n., tree n. Etymology: < fire n. + tree n. †1. Scottish. Perhaps: a frame on which to hang implements for use with a domestic fireplace. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > that which or one who heats > [noun] > a device for heating or warming > devices for heating buildings, rooms, etc. > hearth or fireplace > (set of) fire irons fire tree1566 fire irons1642 fire set1800 companion set1920 1566 Protocol Bks. T. Johnsoun (1920) 150 Ane brander, coilraik and fyretrie. 1635 in W. Fraser Mem. Earls of Haddington (1889) II. 303 Coilraik, faire tre. 2. A type of firework. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > firework > [noun] > types of fire sword1482 firedrake1608 fiend1634 fire club1634 fire lance1634 fire-target1634 saucisson1634 fire-trunk1639 runner1647 fire pole1708 fire fountain1729 fire-flyer1740 line-rocket1740 devil1742 fire tree1749 Grecian fire1774 jet1774 fire pan1799 metamorphose1818 Saxon1839 lightning paper1866 asteroid1875 brilliant1875 pearl1884 1749 Gentleman's Mag. May 234/2 A magnificent firework was play'd off also in Privy Garden and on the Thames, consisting of 200 watermines, 200 air baloons, 200 fire-trees,..and 100 stars. 1801 J. Strutt Glig-gamena Angel-ðeod iv. iii. 332 These [firework] exhibitions were very clumsily contrived, consisting chiefly in wheels, fire-trees, jerbs, and rockets. 1945 S. Carolina Hist. & Geneal. Mag. Apr. 107 Formulae for fireworks: rockets, fire ships, fire trees, etc. 3. Any of several trees or shrubs with red or orange flowers, esp. the Western Australian tree Nuytsia floribunda (family Loranthaceae) (also called Christmas tree and flame tree) and the Chilean fire bush, Embothrium coccineum. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > names applied to various species of trees or shrubs > [noun] purslanec1400 mast tree1597 laburnum1693 whitebark1700 jatropha1754 quince1794 honey bush1813 snake-wood1832 ake1835 akeake1841 fire tree1851 flame-tree1866 subtree1878 1851 Illustr. Austral. Mag. June 357 The nuytsia floribunda, whose flame-coloured blossoms have acquired for it the name of the fire-tree, exhibits the curious phenomena of a parasitical plant trailing along the ground. 1860 G. Bennett Gatherings of Naturalist in Austral. xviii. 347 [The pohutukawa] is the New Zealand Oak and Fire-tree of Europeans. 1927 Garden 30 Apr. 286/3 Embothrium coccineum (the Fire Tree). 2002 Church Times 21 June 13/1 In our garden we felt very patriotic, with the bright-red Chilean fire tree. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1566
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