| 单词 | incense-tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmasincense-tree incense-tree n. a name for various trees yielding incense, esp. of the genera Boswellia (chiefly East Indian) and Icica (chiefly South American); also applied to a species of Pittosporum, from its fragrant flowers. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > fragrant plants or plants used in perfumery > [noun] > trees or shrubs > incense- or frankincense-tree thus1398 incense-tree1587 frankincense1611 the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > [noun] > pittosporum pittosporum1789 pittosporad1846 karo1853 incense-tree1884 1587 D. Fenner in E. Farr Sel. Poetry Reign Elizabeth (1845) II. 341 Spiknard, saffron, sweet canes, Cinomon, with the rest Of incense-trees. 1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! (1889) xxi. 391 Shrubberies of heaths and rhododendrons, and woolly incense-trees. 1884 Leisure Hour Dec. 753/2 The Pittosporum or incense tree, as it is here called from the perfume which its pretty white flowers give out. < as lemmas |
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