| 单词 | australian fever tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmasAustralian fever tree 3. More fully Australian fever tree. Any of various eucalyptus trees, esp. the blue gum Eucalyptus globulus. Now historical and rare.Eucalyptus oil has been used in the treatment of fevers, but the trees were also planted in damp, malaria-prone areas to improve drainage and (supposedly) air quality. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > Australasian trees > [noun] > eucalyptus trees yellow box1662 gum tree1676 white gum tree1733 whip-stick1782 peppermint1790 red gum tree1790 red mahogany1798 white gum1798 box1801 blue gum1802 eucalyptus1809 box tree1819 black-butted gum1820 bloodwood1827 white ash1830 blackbutt1833 morrel1837 mountain ash1837 mallee scrub1845 apple gum1846 flooded gum1847 Moreton Bay ash1847 mallee1848 swamp gum1852 box-gum1855 manna gum1855 white top1856 river gum1860 grey box1861 woolly butt1862 marlock1863 fever tree1867 red ironbark1867 river white gum1867 karri1870 yellow jacket1876 eucalypt1877 yapunyah1878 coolibah1879 scribbly gum1883 forest mahogany1884 yellow jack1884 rose gum1885 Jimmy Low1887 nankeen gum1889 slaty gum1889 sugar-gum1889 apple box1890 Murray red gum1895 creek-gum1898 eucalyptian1901 forest red gum1904 river red gum1920 napunyah1921 whitewash gum1923 ghost gum1928 snow gum1928 Sydney blue gum1932 salmon gum1934 lapunyah1940 1867 Argus (Melbourne) 17 Oct. 5/4 Dr. Mueller calls our attention to a fact which he believes is not generally known in Victoria—viz, that our so-called ‘gum-trees’ have in the South of Europe received the name of ‘The Fever Tree’. 1874 Sci. Amer. 14 Feb. 103/1 (heading) The Australian Fever Tree. 1902 Plant World 5 198 Eucalyptus is thought to be of value in malarial regions in absorbing or warding off noxious emanations; hence, several are known as fever trees. 1991 M. Castleman Healing Herbs (1995) 236 Reports of similar incidents [of cure with eucalyptus tea] slowly made their way back to Europe, and the herb became known as ‘Australian fever tree’. < as lemmas |
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