单词 | native carrot |
释义 | > as lemmasnative carrot b. In the names of plants, fruits, etc., as native cabbage, native carrot, native millet, native pear, etc. Also, of woodland: composed of indigenous Australian or New Zealand trees or shrubs. ΚΠ 1799 Banks Papers in Austral. Nat. Dict. (1988) 424/3 There is also some of the Native Flax which grows all over the Country. 1804 S. Macarthur Onslow Early Rec. Macarthurs (1914) 81 The Native Woods instead of making the Grass sour are generally so open as not to deteriorate its quality. 1817Native cherry [see native cherry n. at Compounds 2a]. 1829 G. A. Robinson Jrnl. 19 Sept. in N. J. B. Plomley Friendly Mission (1966) 74 Learnt that the Kangaroo eat the prickly mimosa and likewise the native fig. 1847 F. W. L. Leichhardt Jrnl. Overland Exped. Austral. 64 The native carrot..was here withered and in seed. 1884 A. Nilson Timber Trees New S. Wales 125 X[ylomelum] pyriforme.—Wooden Pear; Native Pear. 1891 R. Wallace Rural Econ. Austral. & N.Z. xxii. 294 Panicum decompositum, R. Br.—Barley grass, native millet, umbrella grass. Throughout Colonies, except Tasmania. 1908 E. J. Banfield Confessions of Beachcomber i. i. 15 Dome-shaped shrubs of glossy green (native cabbage—Scævola koenigü), with groups of pandanus palms. 1926 Trans. & Proc. N.Z. Inst. 56 662 The word ‘native’ has been prefixed to almost as many names [of plants] as the words ‘New Zealand’—native aniseed, native convolvulus, etc. 1967 A. Rule Forests Austral. 61 He also did something towards improving the conditions of native hardwood forests. 1988 Sunday Sun (Brisbane) 7 Feb. 107/4 Alpinia caerulea or Native Ginger is the hardiest and most common of the Australian gingers. < as lemmas |
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