单词 | lentiscus |
释义 | lentiscusn. = lentisk n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular tree or plant yielding useful gum or resin > [noun] > Mediterranean and Middle Eastern > mastic gum tree lentiscusa1398 lentiskc1420 mastic?1440 prickwood1598 schine-tree1609 mastic shrub1682 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. xxv. 923 Ciprus is a tre þat hatte lentiscus by anoþer name. 1587 L. Mascall Bk. Cattell: Oxen (1627) 85 The buds or branches of Lentiscus and wild oliue trees. 1664 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense 63 in Sylva Sensitive Plants, Lentiscus, Myrtle-berries. 1699 M. Lister Journey to Paris (new ed.) 204 Lentiscus's and most other Greens, had suffered miserably. 1717 Berkeley Let. to Pope 22 Oct. Thickets of myrtle and lentiscus. 1884 R. C. Praed Zéro xiii Foam dashed over the low undergrowth of lentiscus and myrtle. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < |
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