单词 | gum-nut |
释义 | > as lemmasgum-nut gum-nut n. Australian the hardened flower-cup of Eucalyptus gummifera. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > Australasian trees > [noun] > eucalyptus trees > flower-cup gum-nut1936 1936 F. D. Davison Children of Dark People x. 143 They'd tell the gum-nuts and they would drop to the ground and tell the grass. 1965 Austral. Encycl. III. 406/1 When stamens fall and the young seeds [of Eucalyptus gummifera] are fertilized, the flower-cup hardens into a woody capsule (‘gum-nut’) which opens..to shed the seed. 1965 M. Shadbolt Among Cinders xx. 189 Gum-nuts. There might be a few scattered round. < as lemmas |
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