单词 | gold chain |
释义 | > as lemmasgold chain gold chain n. (a) a laburnum (also gold chain laburnum); = golden chain n. at golden adj. and n. Compounds 4a; (b) biting stonecrop, Sedum acre, which has yellow flowers (now historical and rare). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > aquatic, marsh, and sea-shore plants > [noun] > sea-blite stonecropc1000 shrub or tree stonecrop1713 sea-blite1762 gold chain1841 sea-goosefoot1856 sea-rosemary1866 Suaeda1901 the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > laburnum > [noun] laburnum1567 awber1684 Scotch laburnum1776 pea tree1822 golden chain1825 gold chain1841 false ebony1892 1841 J. Haydn Dict. Dates 295 Laburnum, a handsome and wide-spreading shrub, called also the Gold-chain and Cytisus Laburnum, brought to these countries from Hungary, Austria, &c. about a.d. 1596. 1846 A. Pratt Wild Flowers of Year 123 It [sc. Sedum acre] has also the old familiar names of gold dust, and gold chain. 1904 E. Step Wayside & Woodland Trees 149 It [sc. the Locust] is also known as Silver Chain, in contradistinction to the Gold Chain or Laburnum. 1985 J. Addison Illustr. Plant Lore 21 Country names for the plant [sc. Sedum acre] include wall pepper, wall ginger, prick madam, gold chain and bird's bread. 2002 Abbotsford (Brit. Columbia) Times (Nexis) 21 June (Final ed.) (Community section) 26 Alaskan weeping cedars, gold chain laburnum and other more exotic trees shade two decks. < as lemmas |
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