单词 | orange-flower tree |
释义 | > as lemmasorange-flower tree orange-flower tree n. the mock orange, Philadelphus coronarius (chiefly English regional) (see also Mexican orange-flower tree n. at Mexican n. and adj. Compounds 1b). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [noun] > lilac and allied trees > syringal mock orange pipe1597 pipe tree1629 syringa1664 mock orange1731 seringa1740 Philadelphus1754 Scotch lilac1759 orange-flower tree1877 1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. Orange-flower tree, the Syringa. 1880 J. Britten & R. Holland Dict. Eng. Plant-names Orange-flower Tree, Philadelphus coronarius..from its perfume resembling that of orange-blossoms. 1942 L. R. Tehon Fieldbk. Native Illinois Shrubs 89 The appearance of the flowers [of the Syringa]..gives rise to the occasionally used name Orange Flower Tree. < as lemmas |
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