| 单词 | opopanax tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmasopopanax tree opopanax tree n. see sense 3. opopanax tree 3. More fully opopanax tree. A spiny acacia, Acacia farnesiana, of tropical and subtropical America, with fragrant flowers which yield an essential oil. Also called cassie, popinac. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > acacia trees > [noun] acacia1542 babul1696 marblewood1753 black wattle1802 popinac1809 wattlec1810 wattle-treec1810 giraffe tree1815 haakdoring1822 hookthorn1822 kameeldoorn1822 camel-thorn1824 catechu-tree1829 silver wattle1832 blackthorn1833 thorny acacia1834 boobyalla1835 seyal1844 mulga1848 thorn-wood1850 hackthorn1857 mimosa1857 poison tree1857 Port Jackson1857 talha1857 golden wattle1859 whitethorn acacia1860 buffalo thorn1866 nelia1867 siris1874 cassie1876 couba1878 needlebush1884 sallow wattle1884 sally1884 giddea1885 prickly Moses1887 yarran1888 opopanax tree1889 wait-a-while1889 fever tree1893 giraffe acacia1896 stay-a-while1898 brigalow1901 wirra1904 cootamundra1909 Sydney golden wattle1909 witchetty bush1911 rooikrans1917 jam-tree1934 whistling thorn1949 blackthorn1966 1889 Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. 30 Nov. 2/3 The opoponax tree is not only a very pleasant but a profitable one to the ladies of Charleston, S.C... The Flowers are made up in tiny button-hole bouquets..to sell. 1897 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 685/2 Opoponax trees filling the air with the fragrance of their yellow blossoms. 1900 Cycl. Amer. Hort.: A–D 8/2 Acacia... Farnesiana... Popinac, Opopanax, Cassie... Grown in S. France for perfumery. 1945 R. P. Wodehouse Hayfever Plants iii. 113 One of the best known [acacias] is the opopanax or huisache,..also called popinack and cassie. It is a small tree, 20 to 30 feet high, with spreading spiny branches bearing bright yellow flowers closely compacted in small globular heads. 1978 O. Polunin & A. Huxley Flowers of Mediterranean (rev. ed.) 91 A[cacia] farnesiana Willd. Popinac, Opoponax, Cassie... Cassie is a perfumed oil obtained from the flowers of this species. 1991 Times (Nexis) 30 Nov. Seville is arboreally magnificent... Stone pines, palms, planes, opopanaxes and countless other members of the genus acacia, [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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