单词 | australian hazel |
释义 | > as lemmasAustralian hazel b. Also with distinguishing word as Australian hazel, Victorian hazel. Any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Pomaderris, esp. hazel pomaderris ( P. aspera), thought to resemble the hazel (genus Corylus). Now rare. ΚΠ 1827 G. W. Barnard Rep. King Island in Hist. Rec. Austral. (1923) 3rd Ser. VI. 267 A Shrub of which there is considerable quantity,..I shall call the ‘Hazel’ to which it has a similitude, is found commonly in the Creeks of V.D. Land. 1877 Gardeners' Chron. 20 Oct. 491/1 In many places there is a dense undergrowth of Australian Hazel, through which it is difficult to force one's way. 1915 E. Phillpotts My Shrubs 95 The foliage of this Victorian Hazel is effective, but no great interest attaches to the plant. 1954 Illustr. London News 6 Feb. 182 Up the gully sides we plough to reach thickets of thin, straight and tall-growing native hazel (Pomaderris apetala). 1973 D. Wolfe Brass Kangaroo 195 A dense under-forest of blackwoods, hazel, musk and other mountain species struggled towards the dim light above. < as lemmas |
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