| 单词 | german tamarisk |
| 释义 | > as lemmasGerman tamarisk German tamarisk now rare and chiefly historical a European shrub closely related to the tamarisks (genus Tamarix), Myricaria germanica (family Tamaricaceae), having glaucous leaves, upright branches, and pale pink flowers. [After post-classical Latin tamarix germanica (1618 or earlier); compare French tamarisc d'Allemagne (apparently a1708 (published posthumously in 1717) in the passage translated in quot. 1708).] ΚΠ 1708 tr. J. P. de Tournefort Materia Medica ii. ix. 106 The German Shrub-Tamarisk has Roots about the Bigness of a Man's Leg cover'd with a thick Bark.] 1714 Philos. Trans 1713 (Royal Soc.) 28 56 German Tamarisk... This differs from the French in having thicker greyish Leaves and spiked Flowers, which turn into a white Down. 1849 Trans. Highland & Agric. Soc. Scotl. July 1847–Mar. 1849 191 Myricaria Germanica..is known in Scotch nurseries under the name of German tamarisk; it is a sub-evergreen, and attains a height of 5 or 6 feet in a very few years. 1908 E. R. Emerson Beverages II. 44 Spiced beers were common indeed. For this purpose a decoction of oak-bark..and of the leaves and branches of the German tamarisk was used. 2010 A. Peter in U. Bundi Alpine Waters 255 Another flagship species was..the German tamarisk (Myricaria germanica). German tamarisk German tamarisk, the allied Myricaria germanica.extracted from tamariskn.< as lemmas |
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