单词 | golden-cup oak |
释义 | > as lemmasgolden-cup oak golden-cup oak n. the maul oak (or canyon live oak), Quercus chrysolepis, of western North America, having acorns with cupules which are covered with short gold hairs (cf. golden oak n. 2(a)); (also) any of a subgroup of North American oaks of which Q. chrysolepis is the type. ΚΠ 1878 Sci. Amer. 2 Nov. 279/2 The golden cup oak (Q[uercus] chrysolepis) is a puzzle to botanists; and well it may be, since it occurs as a lofty forest tree and also as a tiny bush. 1940 R. J. Preston Rocky Mountain Trees 141 (heading) Goldencup Oak. 2002 J. S. Fralish & S. B. Franklin Taxon. & Ecol. Woody Plants N. Amer. Forests xix. 240/2 The third group of North American Quercus species are in the section Protobalanus, referred to as the golden cup oaks. < as lemmas |
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