| 单词 | houseleek-tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmashouseleek-tree houseleek-tree n. now rare a succulent shrub native to Morocco, Aeonium arboreum (formerly included in the genus Sempervivum), with yellow flowers and branches which each bear a rosette of leaves; = tree houseleek n. at tree n. Compounds 2a(b). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > other shrubs > [noun] moorworteOE bean-trefoil1551 Osyris1562 bladder-nut1578 anagre1608 peasecod tree1611 firebush1639 Colutea1664 savin1697 houseleek-tree1732 Volkameria1753 Andromeda1760 bladder-senna1785 fringe-myrtle1866 thyrse-flower1866 eranthemum1882 nitre bush1884 ilima1888 1732 R. Furber Flower-garden 8 Tree Sedum. This Houseleek Tree will grow sometimes six Foot high, yielding several Branches, which bring their Leaves on the Tops. 1872 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. (new ed.) ii. 500/1 Houseleek-tree. Æonium arboreum. 1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants House-leek Tree. 1953 C. R. Boutard Plants Indoors 234 (table) House-leek Tree. A. arboreum. Upright woody growth. Yellow flowers in spring. < as lemmas |
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