单词 | holm oak |
释义 | holm oakn. The evergreen oak ( Quercus Ilex), a native of Italy and other Mediterranean countries; so called from the resemblance of its dark evergreen foliage to that of the holly. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > oak and allies > [noun] > holm-oak prinec1390 ilexa1398 holm1552 holm-tree1565 mast-holm1577 holly-oak1597 holm oak1597 hulver oak1597 scarlet oak1597 oak-holm1601 evergreen oak1629 1597 J. Gerard Herball iii. 1159 This Ilex..might be called Holme Oke, Huluer Oke, or Holly Oke, for difference from the shrub or hedge tree Agrifolium, which is simply called Holme, Holly, and Huluer. 1599 F. Thynne Animaduersions (1875) 47 The Cerrus, being the tree whiche we comonly call the ‘holme oke’ (as Cooper also expoundeth the Ilex to be that whiche wee call holme). 1770 J. Langhorne & W. Langhorne tr. Plutarch Lives (1879) I. 8/1 Ægeus gave a scarlet sail dyed with the juice of the flower of a very flourishing holm-oak. 1837 H. W. Longfellow Frithiof's Homestead 19 A table of holm-oak, Polished and white, as of steel. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1597 |
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