单词 | andrachne |
释义 | † andrachnen. Obsolete. A kind of arbutus, Arbutus andrachne (formerly also called A. adrachne), an evergreen tree native to the eastern Mediterranean which bears edible red berries. 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 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xiii. xxii. 399 Adrachne is a tree of wild forrests growing upon mountaines..; resembling the Arbut or Strawberrie tree, save that the leaves be lesse. 1633 T. Johnson Gerard's Herball (new ed.) App. x. 1602 It [sc. the strawberry bay] is that which Theophrastus calls Adrachne or (as most of the printed bookes haue it) Andrachne, but the former seemes the righter. 1741 J. Ozell tr. J. Pitton de Tournefort Voy. Levant (new ed.) III. iii. 326 We ate this day, the first time, of the Fruit of the Adrachne: This Fruit is very thin upon Bunches, which are branch'd and purpurine. 1768 Philos. Trans. 1767 (Royal Soc.) 57 117 The plants raised by the gardiners by grafting or inarching the andrachne upon the common arbutus..differ considerably from the plants raised from seed. 1794 W. Beaumont tr. J.-J. Barthélemy Trav. Anacharsis (ed. 2) III. xxxv. 261 They attributed an extraordinary sweetness to the fruit produced here, and particularly to the andrachne. 1825 E. Kent Sylvan Sketches 16 The Oriental Arbutus, Arbutus Andrachne, sometimes simply called the Andrachne, is also very similar to the common species. 1868 Friends' Rev. 21 299/1 English sycamore, arbutus (both common and adrachne,) dwarf oak, etc., were scattered in all directions. 1874 Gardener Jan. 11 A[rbutus] Procera..found wild over a wide area on the north-west coast of North America..has a general resemblance to ‘Andrachne’, but is hardier. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1601 |
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