| 单词 | mopane tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmopane tree A tree, Colophospermum mopane (family Caesalpiniaceae ( Leguminosae)), native to areas of low rainfall in southern Africa, having rough flaking grey or brown bark, racemes of small, pale green flowers, and leaves formed of a pair of triangular leaflets joined at the base, which fold together during periods of intense heat. Also mopane tree. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > African trees or shrubs > [adjective] mopane1854 msasa1923 the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > African trees or shrubs > [noun] > other African trees or shrubs keurboom1731 silver-tree1731 witteboom1799 Hottentot's bean1801 melkhouta1823 monkey apple1824 witgatboom1824 Hottentot's bean tree1833 spek-boom1834 mopane1854 Welwitschia1862 ambatch1863 miombo1864 pith tree1864 porkwood1875 tree purslane1882 buffalo-horn1887 monkey guava1887 bush willow1917 melkboom1917 msasa1923 rooibos1932 miraa1945 ovangkol1972 pigeon wood1972 tambotie1973 1854 R. Moffat Matabele Jrnl. 28 June (1945) I. 202 Our temporary fold being made of the thornless evergreen mopani tree, was no defence for our cattle. 1857 D. Livingstone Missionary Trav. S. Afr. 91 In some parts there are forests of mimosæ and mopane. 1857 D. Livingstone Missionary Trav. S. Afr. 162 Numbers of ‘Baobab’ and ‘Mopané’ trees abound all over this hard smooth surface [of calcareous tufa]. 1864 J. T. Baines Explor. S.-W. Afr. 427 We rattled over hard limestone country, thickly clothed with mopánēs. 1881 E. E. Frewer tr. E. Holub Seven Years S. Afr. I. 48 The mapani-tree, with its oleaginous leaves and porous brittle wood. 1910 J. Buchan Prester John iv. 87 The mopani trees with their dull green wearied me. 1932 Discovery July 224/1 The mopané is a resinous tree, making good fuel. 1958 L. van der Post Lost World of Kalahari vi. 110 We came down the side of the dunes on to a level plain covered with Mopani trees. 1973 E. Palmer & N. Pitman Trees Southern Afr. II. 842 The mopane is the dominant tree of large parts of northern South and South West Africa where great stretches of hot, arid country..are covered with it. 1988 T. Dangarembga Nervous Conditions i. 2 From the fields the road grew shadier with shrubs and trees. Acacia, lantana, msasa and mopani, clustered about on either side. < as lemmas |
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