| 单词 | hau-tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmashau-tree A tropical shrub or tree, Hibiscus tiliaceus, belonging to the family Malvaceæ. Also hau-tree. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > hibiscus or mallow trees or shrubs and allies > [noun] mallowa1400 mallowa1425 shrubbed mallow1597 shrubby mallow1597 shrub mallow1640 mahoe1666 purau1769 Malabar rose1818 rose of Sharon1835 shuttlecock1836 hau1843 cotton tree1876 1843 J. J. Jarves Scenes Sandwich Islands iii. 117 Groves of dark-leaved hau. 1866 ‘M. Twain’ Lett. from Hawaii (1967) 99 Large tracts were covered with large hau (how) bushes, whose sheltering foliage is so thick as to be almost impervious to rain. 1888 W. Hillebrand Flora Hawaiian Islands 49 A small freely branching tree... Occurs in all tropical countries and is abundant in all Pacific islands. Native name: ‘Hau’. 1913 R. Brooke Let. 12 Oct. (1968) 518 I'm sitting under a busy ‘Hau-Tree’ (pronounced ‘How’). 1915 W. A. Bryan Nat. Hist. Hawaii xv. 201 One of the most common, persistent and useful of the native trees..is the hau. 1935 F. B. H. Brown Flora S.E. Polynesia III. 174 The native name [of Hibiscus tiliaceus] is..hau in the northern islands of the Marquesas,..and in Hawaii. < as lemmas |
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