mustard treen.

Brit.

/ˈmʌstəd triː/, U.S.

/ˈməstərd ˌtri/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mustard n., tree n.

Etymology: < mustard n. + tree n.

Any of various trees; spec. (a) black mustard, Brassica nigra, frequently with allusion to the New Testament parable (Matthew 13:31) which describes its growth into a tree; (b) the toothbrush tree, Salvadora persica; (c) Australian the native poplar, Codonocarpus cotinifolius; (d) Australian = mustard bush n. at mustard n. and adj. Compounds 2.

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

mustard tree1619

poplar1700

horseradish tree1859

native poplar1889

Queensland poplar1890

radish tree1898

1619 Helpe to Discourse 205 Androgius the Euenuch in the twylight strooke a Bat, with a pumice stone, sitting vpon a mustard tree.

1677 F. Bampfield All in One 110 The Mustard-Tree with its seed.

1712 W. Rogers Cruising Voy. 343 The have Groves of Mustard Trees higher than a man on horseback [in Chile].

1713 R. Calder Misc. Numbers xxv. 101 Might not an ignorant Atheist object against the Scripture, That the Mustard Tree grows not so big, as that the Fowls of Heaven do build their Nests in it?

1838 Ld. Houghton Immortality of Rome 77 Then fast the mustard-tree of power up-grew, Fed into strength by Fortune's choicest dew.

1844 Asiatic Jrnl. & Monthly Misc. 3 92 Prof. Royle read a paper on the mustard-tree of Scripture.

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 767/2 Mustard-tree of Scripture, Salvadora persica; or by some regarded as a species of Sinapis.

1886 Cent. Mag. 32 516 If I find you at our next interview sitting under the shade of the mustard-tree whose little seed I have just dropped, I shall feel that I have not labored in vain.

1913 L. Woolf Village in Jungle (1961) iv. 57 He found Silindu squatting under a ragged mustard-tree which stood in the compound.

1956 C. A. Gardner & H. W. Bennetts Toxic Plants W. Austral. 26 The native poplar—also known as the mustard tree—contains a mustard oil.

1965 Austral. Encycl. II. 263 The mustard-bush or mustard-tree (Apophyllum anomalum).

1993 New Scientist 26 June 36/2 The baboons make for an area downstream where..clumps of mustard tree (Salvadora persica) grow among abundant acacia trees.

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

单词	mustard tree
释义	mustard treen. Brit. /ˈmʌstəd triː/, U.S. /ˈməstərd ˌtri/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mustard n., tree n. Etymology: < mustard n. + tree n. Any of various trees; spec. (a) black mustard, Brassica nigra, frequently with allusion to the New Testament parable (Matthew 13:31) which describes its growth into a tree; (b) the toothbrush tree, Salvadora persica; (c) Australian the native poplar, Codonocarpus cotinifolius; (d) Australian = mustard bush n. at mustard n. and adj. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > poplars and allies > [noun] > Australian poplar mustard tree1619 poplar1700 horseradish tree1859 native poplar1889 Queensland poplar1890 radish tree1898 1619 Helpe to Discourse 205 Androgius the Euenuch in the twylight strooke a Bat, with a pumice stone, sitting vpon a mustard tree. 1677 F. Bampfield All in One 110 The Mustard-Tree with its seed. 1712 W. Rogers Cruising Voy. 343 The have Groves of Mustard Trees higher than a man on horseback [in Chile]. 1713 R. Calder Misc. Numbers xxv. 101 Might not an ignorant Atheist object against the Scripture, That the Mustard Tree grows not so big, as that the Fowls of Heaven do build their Nests in it? 1838 Ld. Houghton Immortality of Rome 77 Then fast the mustard-tree of power up-grew, Fed into strength by Fortune's choicest dew. 1844 Asiatic Jrnl. & Monthly Misc. 3 92 Prof. Royle read a paper on the mustard-tree of Scripture. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 767/2 Mustard-tree of Scripture, Salvadora persica; or by some regarded as a species of Sinapis. 1886 Cent. Mag. 32 516 If I find you at our next interview sitting under the shade of the mustard-tree whose little seed I have just dropped, I shall feel that I have not labored in vain. 1913 L. Woolf Village in Jungle (1961) iv. 57 He found Silindu squatting under a ragged mustard-tree which stood in the compound. 1956 C. A. Gardner & H. W. Bennetts Toxic Plants W. Austral. 26 The native poplar—also known as the mustard tree—contains a mustard oil. 1965 Austral. Encycl. II. 263 The mustard-bush or mustard-tree (Apophyllum anomalum). 1993 New Scientist 26 June 36/2 The baboons make for an area downstream where..clumps of mustard tree (Salvadora persica) grow among abundant acacia trees. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1619
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