单词 | ithel |
释义 | itheln. A tamarisk, Tamarix aphylla, bearing panicles of pink flowers and minute leaves, native to western Asia and north-east Africa. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > [noun] > tamarisk quick treeeOE tamariskc1400 myrica1548 jhow1827 ithel1838 sea cypress1855 tarfa1858 salt cedar1881 1838 W. F. Ainsworth Researches in Assyria 125 The common tamarisk of the country, the Athleh or Atle of Sonnini, is the Tamarix orientalis of Forskahl. 1875 Encycl. Brit. II. 236/2 Of plants there is an endless variety [in Arabia]... The tamarisk or ‘Talh’, the southern larch or ‘Ithel’, the chestnut, the sycamore, and several other trees. 1881 A. Blunt Pilgrimage to Nejd I. 84 The Ithel, a tree grown in every village of Central Arabia. 1881 A. Blunt Pilgrimage to Nejd I. 85 The roof was of ithel beams. 1924 Blackwood's Mag. Mar. 351/1 Mackintosh..was watching them from the shelter of a clump of ithil bushes. 1949 L. H. Bailey Man. Cultivated Plants (rev. ed.) 678 T[amarix] aphylla... Athel Tamarisk. Shrub or small tree... Useful as a windbreak in desert regions. 1963 F. von Breitenbach Indigenous Trees Ethiopia (ed. 2) 150 Tamarix aphylla... Atl (Arabic)... Leaves reduced to a minute triangular tooth on a sheathing base. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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