| 单词 | joshua tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmasJoshua tree In full Joshua palm, Joshua tree, Joshua yucca. A small evergreen tree, Yucca brevifolia, bearing clustered white flowers and found in western, desert regions. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > North American trees or shrubs > [noun] > other North American trees or shrubs black-gum1709 white gum1709 red fir1722 Quebec oak1768 Pennsylvania fir tree1770 Pennsylvania dwarf mountain maple1785 Pennsylvania mountain laurel1785 pepperbush1785 pepperbush1785 southern pine1796 titi1827 palo blanco1829 mock orange1860 palo fierro1860 mountain laurel1866 Joshua1867 red cedar1872 porkwood1884 guajillo1886 mountain balm1924 1867 W. H. Jackson Diary 15 Feb. (1959) i. 134 Sage brush is used for cooking and the cactus or Joshuas, as I hear them called, for other fires. 1897 G. B. Sudworth Nomencl. Arborescent Flora U.S. 106 Yucca arborescens... Joshua Yucca... Common names... The Joshua (Utah). Joshua Tree (Utah, Ariz., N. Mex.). 1946 E. S. Gardner D.A. breaks Seal 3 Joshua palms, thrusting up grotesque spine-covered arms, made the scenery resemble some fantastic reconstruction of life on another planet. 1948 A. Huxley Ape & Essence (1949) 12 A strangely gesticulating Joshua-tree, rough-barked, or furred with dry prickles. 1955 Sci. Amer. Apr. 69 (caption) Joshua trees (Yucca brevifolia) grow among the fantastic rock formations of the Joshua Tree National Monument in southern California east of Los Angeles. These plants are characteristic of high steppe-desert vegetation in the southwestern U.S. 1964 H. A. Gleason & A. Cronquist Nat. Geogr. Plants xxii. 408 Some of the most interesting plants of the Sonoran Floristic Province are giant Joshua (Yucca brevifolia) [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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