palo blancon.

Brit.

/ˌpaləʊ ˈblaŋkəʊ/, U.S.

/ˌpɑloʊ ˈblæŋkoʊ/

Forms: 1800s– palo blanco, 1900s– paloblanco.

Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish palo blanco.

Etymology: < American Spanish palo blanco, literally ‘white tree’ (a name given to various trees and shrubs) < palo , specific sense of palo pale n.¹ + blanco blank adj.

Chiefly U.S.

Any of various American trees or shrubs with pale or whitish bark or wood, spec.: (a) any of several small trees or shrubs of the genus Celtis (hackberries: family Ulmaceae) found in desert areas of south-western North America, esp. C. reticulata; (b) the white-barked tree Lysiloma candida (family Mimosaceae ( Leguminosae)) of western Mexico; (c) a forest tree, Calycophyllum multiflorum (family Rubiaceae), of central South America. Also: the wood of such a tree.

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1829 R. W. H. Hardy Trav. Interior Mexico xvi. 447 Of trees and herbs, the following are the chief..: palo verde and palo blanco (the bark of which, here and in Sonora, is used for tanning leather).

1838 S. Maverick Let. 30 Dec. in ‘R. M. Green’ Samuel Maverick (1953) v. 83 Griffin & Granville can cut posts or pickets, and haul them to the (palo-blanco) hackberry tree.

1869 W. M. Gabb in J. R. Browne Sketch Settlement & Explor. Lower Calif. 88 The Palo Blanco, with wood like ivory or lignum vitæ for hardness.

1947 J. C. Rich Materials & Methods Sculpt. x. 293 Palo Blanco means ‘white wood’ and the name is applied to many woods of different species.

1958 E. M. Reiss Garden of Chaparral 140 Palo-blanco; Hackberry (Celtis laevigata). A thirty-foot tree with whitish bark which accounts for its local name.

1993 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 80 916/2 The elegant rubiaceous tree Calycophyllum multiflorum Griseb., the dominant and characteristic species of the palo blanco forest in the piedmont of the sub-Andean chains.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	palo blanco
释义	palo blancon. Brit. /ˌpaləʊ ˈblaŋkəʊ/, U.S. /ˌpɑloʊ ˈblæŋkoʊ/ Forms: 1800s– palo blanco, 1900s– paloblanco. Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish palo blanco. Etymology: < American Spanish palo blanco, literally ‘white tree’ (a name given to various trees and shrubs) < palo , specific sense of palo pale n.¹ + blanco blank adj. Chiefly U.S. Any of various American trees or shrubs with pale or whitish bark or wood, spec.: (a) any of several small trees or shrubs of the genus Celtis (hackberries: family Ulmaceae) found in desert areas of south-western North America, esp. C. reticulata; (b) the white-barked tree Lysiloma candida (family Mimosaceae ( Leguminosae)) of western Mexico; (c) a forest tree, Calycophyllum multiflorum (family Rubiaceae), of central South America. Also: the wood of such a tree. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > North American trees or shrubs > [noun] > other North American trees or shrubs black-gum1709 white gum1709 red fir1722 Quebec oak1768 Pennsylvania fir tree1770 Pennsylvania dwarf mountain maple1785 Pennsylvania mountain laurel1785 pepperbush1785 pepperbush1785 southern pine1796 titi1827 palo blanco1829 mock orange1860 palo fierro1860 mountain laurel1866 Joshua1867 red cedar1872 porkwood1884 guajillo1886 mountain balm1924 1829 R. W. H. Hardy Trav. Interior Mexico xvi. 447 Of trees and herbs, the following are the chief..: palo verde and palo blanco (the bark of which, here and in Sonora, is used for tanning leather). 1838 S. Maverick Let. 30 Dec. in ‘R. M. Green’ Samuel Maverick (1953) v. 83 Griffin & Granville can cut posts or pickets, and haul them to the (palo-blanco) hackberry tree. 1869 W. M. Gabb in J. R. Browne Sketch Settlement & Explor. Lower Calif. 88 The Palo Blanco, with wood like ivory or lignum vitæ for hardness. 1947 J. C. Rich Materials & Methods Sculpt. x. 293 Palo Blanco means ‘white wood’ and the name is applied to many woods of different species. 1958 E. M. Reiss Garden of Chaparral 140 Palo-blanco; Hackberry (Celtis laevigata). A thirty-foot tree with whitish bark which accounts for its local name. 1993 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 80 916/2 The elegant rubiaceous tree Calycophyllum multiflorum Griseb., the dominant and characteristic species of the palo blanco forest in the piedmont of the sub-Andean chains. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1829
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