| 单词 | flame-tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmasflame-tree flame-tree n. (a) the Sterculia acerifolia of New South Wales; (b) the Nuytsia floribunda of Western Australia, also called fire-tree; (c) the Butea frondosa or palash tree. 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 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 498/2 Flame tree, Brachychiton acerifolium. 1883 Cassell's Family Mag. Oct. 685/1 The palash is a fair-sized tree, and its flowers are very bright scarlet, from which it is frequently spoken of as the ‘flame-tree’. 1885 R. C. Praed Austral. Life 96 There are flame-trees, showing in spring vivid patches of crimson. < as lemmas |
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