| 单词 | miro tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmiro tree 1. A large evergreen coniferous tree of New Zealand, Prumnopitys ferruginea (family Podocarpaceae), with narrow leaves like those of the yew, and fleshy, reddish purple fruits (also miro pine, miro tree). Also: (more fully miro wood) the wood of this tree. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > [noun] > subfamily Muscicapinae > other types of miro1820 yellow robin1827 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [noun] > Australasian tallow-tree1704 rata1773 rosewood1779 red mahogany1798 ironbark1799 wild orange1802 red gum1803 rewarewa1817 red cedar1818 black-butted gum1820 Huon pine1820 miro1820 oak1821 horoeka1831 hinau1832 maire1832 totara1832 blackbutt1833 marri1833 raspberry jam tree1833 kohekohe1835 puriri1835 tawa1839 hickory1840 whau1840 pukatea1841 titoki1842 butterbush1843 iron gum1844 York gum1846 mangeao1848 myall1848 ironheart1859 lilly-pilly1860 belah1862 flindosa1862 jarrah1866 silky oak1866 teak of New South Wales1866 Tolosa-wood1866 turmeric-tree1866 walking-stick palm1869 tooart1870 queenwood1873 tarairi1873 boree1878 yate1880 axe-breaker1884 bangalay1884 coachwood1884 cudgerie1884 feather-wood1884 forest mahogany1884 maiden's blush1884 swamp mahogany1884 tallow-wood1884 teak of New Zealand1884 wandoo1884 heartwood1885 ivorywood1887 Jimmy Low1887 Burdekin plum1889 corkwood1889 pigeon-berry ash1889 red beech1889 silver beech1889 turnip-wood1891 black bean1895 red bean1895 pinkwood1898 poplar1898 rose mahogany1898 quandong1908 lancewood1910 New Zealand honeysuckle1910 Queensland walnut1919 mahogany gum1944 Australian mahogany1948 1820 A. McCrae Jrnl. (1928) 26 Next day went to Wy Whero a fine tract of cultivated land—Peaches—Taroo Flax, Meero—return to house. 1832 London Med. Gaz. 10 793/1 (heading) The Miro Tree, of the natives of New Zealand. 1832 London Med. Gaz. 10 793/1 It is named Miro by the natives of New Zealand, and attains the height of from thirty to forty feet. 1835 W. Yate Acct. N.Z. (ed. 2) 45 Miro..grows to the height of from forty to sixty feet, with a diameter of not more than thirty inches. 1875 T. Laslett Timber & Timber Trees 308 The miro-tree is found in slightly elevated situations in many of the forests in New Zealand. 1952–3 N.Z. Forest Gloss. Maiden Heart, a term used in Westland to denote the innermost part of the intermediate heart zone in rimu and miro. 1966 Encycl. N.Z. II. 568/2 Miro was known and cherished by the Maoris because of its fleshy covered fruit, about an inch long, on which the native pigeon feeds. 1971 Daily Tel. 23 Dec. 3/7 [On Pitcairn Island] Henry may give Warren..a block of scarce miro wood for carving. 1994 New Scientist 23 Apr. 30/3 The expedition found that the people from Pitcairn are overexploiting the island's miro trees. < as lemmas |
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