单词 | papauma |
释义 | papauman. A small evergreen tree or shrub of New Zealand, Griselinia littoralis (family Griseliniaceae), having large, thick, shiny leaves; also called broadleaf (see broad adj. and n.1 Compounds 2). Also New Zealand: a coprosma, Coprosma grandifolia (family Rubiaceae). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > Australasian trees > [noun] > evergreens > puka or papaumu papauma1867 puka1889 1867 J. D. Hooker Handbk. N.Z. Flora II. 767/1 Papaauma,..Coprosma grandifolia. 1882 W. D. Hay Brighter Britain! II. vi. 199 The Karamu or Papaumu.., a family of pretty flowering shrubs. 1890 Catal. Timbers (N.Z. & South Seas Exhib.) 13 Papauma (broadleaf)..Griselinia littoralis..Timber heavy, dense, and of great strength, grain prettily marked, but timber liable to warp. 1928 L. Cockayne & E. P. Turner Trees N.Z. 57 Papaumu, Broadleaf. A small tree, 30–50 ft. high, or a shrub, with short irregular trunk. 1930 J. Cowan in R. Neich Painted Histories (1993) 281 On the broad tawa rafters there are paintings in black and white, representing rata, maire, toromiro, papauma, and other trees. 1993 Brittonia 45 269/1 Griselinia littoralis... Flowering Oct–Dec; fruiting Dec–Aug. Common names: ‘broadleaf’, ‘kapuka’, ‘papaumu, papauma’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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