| 单词 | iron oak |
| 释义 | > as lemmasiron oak iron oak n. any of several oaks with particularly durable wood; esp. the post oak, Quercus stellata, of eastern North America. [With quot. 1724 compare scientific Latin †Quercus ferrea (P. Miller 1724 in the same passage, or earlier), probably an alternative name of Quercus alba, although it is not entirely clear which tree Miller refers to.] ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > [noun] > oak as timber tree oakeOE oak treeOE mountain oak1609 white oak1610 Spanish oak1716 iron oak1724 post oak1775 Slavonian1809 the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > oak and allies > [noun] > other oaks red oakOE cerre-tree1577 gall-tree1597 robur1601 kermes1605 live oak1610 white oak1610 royal oak1616 swamp-oak1683 grey oak1697 rock oak1699 chestnut oak1703 water oak1709 Spanish oak1716 turkey-oak1717 willow oak1717 iron oak1724 maiden oak1725 scarlet oak1738 black jack1765 post oak1775 durmast1791 mountain chestnut oak1801 quercitron oak1803 laurel oak1810 mossy-cup oak1810 rock chestnut oak1810 pin oak1812 overcup oak1814 overcup white oak1814 bur oak1815 jack oak1816 mountain oak1818 shingle-oak1818 gall-oak1835 peach oak1835 golden oak1838 weeping oak1838 Aleppo oak1845 Italian oak1858 dyer's oak1861 Gambel's Oak1878 maul oak1884 punk oak1884 sessile oak1906 Garry oak1908 roble1908 1724 P. Miller Gardeners & Florists Dict. II. sig. Hh6v White Oak, or Iron Oak. Quercus alba vel ferrea. 1838 J. C. Loudon Arboretum III. 1846 Q[uercus] Cerris L. The bitter, or mossy-cupped, Oak…the Turkey Oak; the Iron, or Wainscot, Oak. 1908 N. L. Britton N. Amer. Trees 342 It [sc. Quercus stellata, post oak] is also known as Box white oak, Iron oak [etc.]. 2012 Washington Post (Nexis) 6 July b5 The winds that felled this specimen had to have been fierce, because post oaks are notably tough. They are sometimes called ‘iron oaks’. < as lemmas |
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