| 单词 | mutton-bird tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmutton-bird tree mutton-bird tree n. New Zealand any of various tree-daisies (olearias) found on Stewart Island, New Zealand (cf. mutton-bird scrub n.). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > Australasian trees > [noun] > evergreens pine1788 angophora1804 ohia1815 pate1832 pohutukawa1832 Moreton Bay chestnut1836 Olearia1839 horopito1847 ramarama1848 matipo1853 white pine1856 musk tree1866 manoao1867 patete1867 puka1867 rangiora1867 tawhiri1872 tarata1876 lemon-wood1879 Otago ivy-tree1883 horizontal1888 lehua1888 inanga1889 mountain pine1889 puka1889 Queensland kauri1889 sheep-bush1889 wilga1889 mutton-bird tree1891 tree-daisy1926 1891 Trans. & Proc. N.Z. Inst. 1890 23 494 This tree [sc. Olearia] is known in Stewart Island as the mutton-bird tree. 1898 E. E. Morris Austral Eng. 310/1 Mutton-bird Tree..so called because the mutton-birds, especially in Foveaux Straits, New Zealand, are fond of sitting under it. 1979 E. Wilson Titi Heritage 64 The ‘muttonbird trees’ (Olearias) have a very limited life. < as lemmas |
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