| 单词 | pencil tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspencil tree pencil tree n. (a) the North American groundsel tree, Baccharis halimifolia (family Asteraceae ( Compositae)), which bears achenes having a long pappus (rare); (b) a succulent shrub or small tree of the spurge family, Euphorbia tirucalli, native to southern and tropical Africa and cultivated elsewhere; also called milk-bush. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > non-British shrubs > [noun] > North-American wild tea1728 bastard indigo1730 mountain heath1731 groundsel-tree1736 amorpha1751 buttonbush1754 moosewood1778 pipestem wood1791 modesty1809 sand myrtle1814 wicopy1823 lead-plant1833 false indigo1841 sleek-leaf1845 arrow weed1848 rabbit bush1852 ribbonwood1860 rabbit brush1877 sea myrtle1883 pencil tree1884 tar-bush1884 ocean spray1906 1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants Pencil-tree. 1934 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 21 329 Baccharis halimifolia L.—Groundsel-bush or Pencil-tree. 1976 Hortus Third (L. H. Bailey Hortorium) 465/2 Euphorbia..Tirucalli L... pencil t[ree]. 1999 Florida Today (Nexis) 15 Dec. (News section) 3 Other euphorbia include pencil tree, devil's backbone and red hot cattails. < as lemmas |
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