单词 | peasecod tree |
释义 | > as lemmaspeasecod tree ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > other shrubs > [noun] moorworteOE bean-trefoil1551 Osyris1562 bladder-nut1578 anagre1608 peasecod tree1611 firebush1639 Colutea1664 savin1697 houseleek-tree1732 Volkameria1753 Andromeda1760 bladder-senna1785 fringe-myrtle1866 thyrse-flower1866 eranthemum1882 nitre bush1884 ilima1888 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Anagyre, the plant called Beane Trifolie, or Pescod tree. 1759 J. Justice Brit. Gardener's Cal. 386 The Laburnum or Pease-cod Tree..their flowers are produced in May in very long yellow coloured spikes, which are succeeded by long cods like Pease, which include their seeds. 1896 Garden Work No. cxvi. 136/3 Pease Cods is an old and perfectly legitimate term for Pea Pods. Up to the beginning of the eighteenth century the Laburnum was called the Pease Cod Tree. Lord Haddington employed it in 1723. < as lemmas |
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