单词 | overstorey |
释义 | overstoreyoverstoryn.ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > division of building (general) > clerestory > [noun] clerestory1412 overstorey1478 overcroft1925 1478 W. Worcester Itineraries 54 Et quilibet fenestra in le ovyrstorye continet 5 panellas glasatas. 2. The highest layer of vegetation in a forest or woodland, usually the canopy-forming trees; also called overwood. Frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > wood or assemblage of trees or shrubs > [noun] > overwood or canopy over vert1598 storey?1888 overwood1889 canopy1905 overstorey1914 1914 E. G. Cheyney & J. P. Wentling Farm Woodlot v. 132 The larch growing more rapidly than the spruce will form the overstory while the spruce forms the understory and shades the ground. 1959 Ecology 40 478 The survival and average total height growth of loblolly pine seedlings in Arkansas were best under overstory openings of 43 feet in diameter and larger. 1962 A. Fry Ranch on Cariboo xv. 155 A rolling country where the cattle browsed under an overstorey of open timber. 2000 Country Illustr. Apr. 100/2 Rheum acuminatum..has settled contentedly in my garden, growing in bright shade under a high over-storey of Douglas firs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1478 |
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