mountain ashn.

Brit.

/ˌmaʊntᵻn ˈaʃ/, U.S.

/ˌmaʊnt(ə)n ˈæʃ/

Forms: see mountain n. and adj. and ash n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: mountain n., ash n.¹

Etymology: < mountain n. + ash n.¹, after classical Latin fraxinus montāna (Pliny Nat. Hist.).

1. Any of various trees of the genus Sorbus (family Rosaceae), typically having pinnate leaves, white flowers, and red berries; esp. S. aucuparia of Europe (also called rowan) and (more fully American mountain ash) S. americana of North America. Also: the wood of any of these trees.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > berry-bush or -tree > [noun] > mountain ash

quick treeeOE

wycheOE

quickena1400

foldc1420

rowan-tree1483

quickbeam?1537

wild ash1552

field ash1578

mountain ash1597

quicken berry1597

whitten1633

witchen1664

quickenberry tree1671

wicky1681

rowan1751

narrow-leaved service tree1793

sorb1796

bastard mountain ash1800

roundwood1846

fowler's service tree1859

the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > berry-bush or -tree > [noun] > mountain ash > types of

mountain ash1845–50

roundwood1846

1597 J. Gerard Herball iii. 1290 The..Ornus which also is named ὀρεινὴ μελία, or Montana Fraxinus, mountaine Ash.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis x, in tr. Virgil Wks. 530 Like a Mountain Ash [L. ornum], whose Roots are spread, Deep fix'd in Earth.

1745 P. Thomas True Jrnl. Voy. South-Seas 36 Besides those Myrtle Trees, there are the Mountain-Ash..the Pepper Tree [etc.].

1785 H. Marshall Arbustrum Americanum 144 Sorbus, the Service Tree, Quickbeam, or Mountain Ash.

1814 W. Wordsworth Excursion vii. 342 The mountain Ash, Decked with autumnal berries.

1845–50 A. H. Lincoln Familiar Lect. Bot. (new ed.) App. 172 Sorbus americana (mountain ash..).

1875 Encycl. Brit. II. 680/2 Pear trees are sometimes grafted on the mountain ash.

1904 M. E. Waller Wood-carver 49 I noticed..some fine specimens of mountain-ash.

1938 M. L. Wolfram in H. Gilman Org. Chem. I. xvi. 1442 The French scientist, Pelouze, described the isolation of a new ketohexose from the juice of the berries of the mountain ash.

1992 Nature Canada Fall 10/3 American mountain ash and trembling aspen abound.

2. Australian. Any of various trees, chiefly eucalypts; esp. Eucalyptus regnans, which is the tallest non-coniferous tree. Also: the wood of any of these trees.

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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

1837 Colonist (Sydney) 350/3 Mountain ash, for carriage work.

1884 A. Nilson Timber Trees New S. Wales 74 E[ucalyptus] virgata.—Mountain ash; White-top.—A tree of considerable size.

1898 E. E. Morris Austral Eng. 304/1 Mountain-Ash, a name applied to various Eucalypts, and to the tree Alphitonia excelsa, Reiss.

1934 Archit. Rev. 76 70/2 In addition jarrah, blackbutt, mountain ash and blackwood from Australia..are all good flooring timbers.

1957 N.Z. Timber Jrnl. Dec. 59/1 Mountain ash. Eucalyptus regnans F. Muell. and E. delegatensis R.T.B... Victoria and Tasmania. Also called Tasmanian oak and Australian oak. Moderately hard, heavy, durable, strong, elastic and resilient.

2000 C. Tudge Variety of Life ii. xxiii. 573 The world's tallest living tree is..the giant redwood..although Australia's ‘mountain ash’, which is not an ‘ash’ at all but a eucalypt..runs it a close second.

†3. Scottish. The aspen, Populus tremula. Obsolete.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > poplars and allies > [noun] > aspen

aspc700

white poplar1542

quaking asp1549

quaking aspen1586

aspen1590

trembling poplar1698

tremble1749

American aspen1785

quaking asp1822

quaking aspen1845

mountain ash1871

1871 Sc. Naturalist 1 54 In Inverness-shire, the Aspen (Populus tremula) is known as the Mountain, or Quaking, Ash.

4. U.S. regional (western). Any of various ashes of the genus Fraxinus (family Oleaceae); esp. the Texas ash, F. texensis (or F. americana subsp. texensis).

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Oleaceae family or plant > [noun]

olivewort1846

mountain ash1897

1897 G. B. Sudworth Nomencl. Arborescent Flora U.S. 327 Fraxinus texensis,..Mountain Ash.

1925 W. L. Jepson Man. Flowering Plants Calif. 760 F. dipetala..Foothill Ash... Also called Mountain Ash and Flowering Ash.

1960 R. A. Vines Trees, Shrubs, & Woody Vines Southwest 866 It [sc. Texas Ash] is also known as Mountain Ash because of its growth on limestone hills.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mountain ash
释义	mountain ashn. Brit. /ˌmaʊntᵻn ˈaʃ/, U.S. /ˌmaʊnt(ə)n ˈæʃ/ Forms: see mountain n. and adj. and ash n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: mountain n., ash n.¹ Etymology: < mountain n. + ash n.¹, after classical Latin fraxinus montāna (Pliny Nat. Hist.). 1. Any of various trees of the genus Sorbus (family Rosaceae), typically having pinnate leaves, white flowers, and red berries; esp. S. aucuparia of Europe (also called rowan) and (more fully American mountain ash) S. americana of North America. Also: the wood of any of these trees. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > berry-bush or -tree > [noun] > mountain ash quick treeeOE wycheOE quickena1400 foldc1420 rowan-tree1483 quickbeam?1537 wild ash1552 field ash1578 mountain ash1597 quicken berry1597 whitten1633 witchen1664 quickenberry tree1671 wicky1681 rowan1751 narrow-leaved service tree1793 sorb1796 bastard mountain ash1800 roundwood1846 fowler's service tree1859 the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > berry-bush or -tree > [noun] > mountain ash > types of mountain ash1845–50 roundwood1846 1597 J. Gerard Herball iii. 1290 The..Ornus which also is named ὀρεινὴ μελία, or Montana Fraxinus, mountaine Ash. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis x, in tr. Virgil Wks. 530 Like a Mountain Ash [L. ornum], whose Roots are spread, Deep fix'd in Earth. 1745 P. Thomas True Jrnl. Voy. South-Seas 36 Besides those Myrtle Trees, there are the Mountain-Ash..the Pepper Tree [etc.]. 1785 H. Marshall Arbustrum Americanum 144 Sorbus, the Service Tree, Quickbeam, or Mountain Ash. 1814 W. Wordsworth Excursion vii. 342 The mountain Ash, Decked with autumnal berries. 1845–50 A. H. Lincoln Familiar Lect. Bot. (new ed.) App. 172 Sorbus americana (mountain ash..). 1875 Encycl. Brit. II. 680/2 Pear trees are sometimes grafted on the mountain ash. 1904 M. E. Waller Wood-carver 49 I noticed..some fine specimens of mountain-ash. 1938 M. L. Wolfram in H. Gilman Org. Chem. I. xvi. 1442 The French scientist, Pelouze, described the isolation of a new ketohexose from the juice of the berries of the mountain ash. 1992 Nature Canada Fall 10/3 American mountain ash and trembling aspen abound. 2. Australian. Any of various trees, chiefly eucalypts; esp. Eucalyptus regnans, which is the tallest non-coniferous tree. Also: the wood of any of these trees. 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 1837 Colonist (Sydney) 350/3 Mountain ash, for carriage work. 1884 A. Nilson Timber Trees New S. Wales 74 E[ucalyptus] virgata.—Mountain ash; White-top.—A tree of considerable size. 1898 E. E. Morris Austral Eng. 304/1 Mountain-Ash, a name applied to various Eucalypts, and to the tree Alphitonia excelsa, Reiss. 1934 Archit. Rev. 76 70/2 In addition jarrah, blackbutt, mountain ash and blackwood from Australia..are all good flooring timbers. 1957 N.Z. Timber Jrnl. Dec. 59/1 Mountain ash. Eucalyptus regnans F. Muell. and E. delegatensis R.T.B... Victoria and Tasmania. Also called Tasmanian oak and Australian oak. Moderately hard, heavy, durable, strong, elastic and resilient. 2000 C. Tudge Variety of Life ii. xxiii. 573 The world's tallest living tree is..the giant redwood..although Australia's ‘mountain ash’, which is not an ‘ash’ at all but a eucalypt..runs it a close second. †3. Scottish. The aspen, Populus tremula. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > poplars and allies > [noun] > aspen aspc700 white poplar1542 quaking asp1549 quaking aspen1586 aspen1590 trembling poplar1698 tremble1749 American aspen1785 quaking asp1822 quaking aspen1845 mountain ash1871 1871 Sc. Naturalist 1 54 In Inverness-shire, the Aspen (Populus tremula) is known as the Mountain, or Quaking, Ash. 4. U.S. regional (western). Any of various ashes of the genus Fraxinus (family Oleaceae); esp. the Texas ash, F. texensis (or F. americana subsp. texensis). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Oleaceae family or plant > [noun] olivewort1846 mountain ash1897 1897 G. B. Sudworth Nomencl. Arborescent Flora U.S. 327 Fraxinus texensis,..Mountain Ash. 1925 W. L. Jepson Man. Flowering Plants Calif. 760 F. dipetala..Foothill Ash... Also called Mountain Ash and Flowering Ash. 1960 R. A. Vines Trees, Shrubs, & Woody Vines Southwest 866 It [sc. Texas Ash] is also known as Mountain Ash because of its growth on limestone hills. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1597
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