| 单词 | mophead tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmophead tree a. A tree which grows or has been trained or clipped so as to have a branched head which is relatively small in comparison with the trunk (also mophead tree); a compact formation of branches resembling the head of a mop. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > characterized by habit > [noun] > other types of tree (characterized by habit) umbrella-tree1791 mophead1876 platform tree1925 1876 Harper's Mag. Nov. 894/2 Long-drawn chords of light strike against the stems of the poplar-trees, and then their quaint mop heads seem on fire. 1900 W. Robinson Eng. Flower Garden (ed. 8) 788/2 A Willow..with a mop head, like the ‘American’ Weeping Willow. 1948 W. Arnold-Forster Shrubs for Milder Counties iii. 64 Limes can be used as mop-head trees, drastically pruned. 1993 Your Garden May 82/1 Chaemaecyparis pisifera ‘Sungold’–a mophead form of the Sawara cypress. < as lemmas |
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