| 单词 | gaiter-tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgaiter-tree A name properly belonging to the Dogwood ( Cornus sanguinea), but in various districts applied to other similar shrubs, as the Spindle-tree ( Euonymus europæus). Also attributive in gaiter-berry, gaiter-bush, gaiter-tree. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > cornus (dogwood and allies) > [noun] gaiterc1000 dog-tree1548 cornel1551 dogberry1551 prick tree1551 hound's-berry1578 hound's-tree1578 prick-timber tree1578 dwarf honeysuckle1597 dogwood1598 sanguine-rod1601 prickwood1691 bloody twig1759 rose willow1798 red osier1807 swamp dogwood1817 stone-berry?1838 bunch-berry1845 cornus1846 silky cornel1848 silky dogwood1900 pagoda tree1978 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [noun] > spindle-tree(s) prickwood1516 spindle-tree1548 prick-timber1578 prickle tree1607 prick tree1671 spindle1712 spindlekin1714 euonymus1767 skewer wood1782 gaiter1796 dogwood1838 spindle-trees1846 louse-berry1866 skewer tree1894 c1000 Saxon Leechd. II. 86 Wiþ þære adl þe mon hæt circul adl, genim..gatetreow..wyl on wætre swiþe. c1386 G. Chaucer Nun's Priest's Tale 145 Laxatyues..Of catapuce, or of gaitrys [v.rr. gaytres, gaytrys, gattris, gaytre] beryis. 1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. C.v Cornus... The female is plentuous in Englande & the buchers make prickes of it, some cal it Gadrise or dog tree. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball vi. li. 725 Dogge berie or Gatten tree. 1597 J. Gerard Herball iii. 1283 In the North countrey they call it Gaten tree, or Gater tree. 1660 J. Ray Catalogus Plantarum Cantabrigiam 39 Cornus fœmina..Dogberry or Gatter tree. 1691 J. Ray S. & E. Country Words in Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) 99 Gatteridge-tree is Cornus fœmina, or Prickwood, and yet Gatteridge-berries are the Fruit of Euonymus Theofrasti, i.e. Spindle-tree or Louse-berry. 1692 Coles's Eng. Dict. (new ed.) Gaiter-berries, of the Gaiter-tree, prickwood. 1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) II. 200 Cornus sanguinea..Gatten tree. 1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) II. 259 Evonymus europæus..Gatteridge Tree. 1819 G. Crabbe Tales of Hall I. vii. 138 Dwarf trees and humbler shrubs..Haw, Gatter, Holm, the Service and the Sloe. < as lemmas |
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