单词 | pennsylvania |
释义 | Pennsylvanian. Used attributive in the names of things coming from, found in, or associated with Pennsylvania. 1. Designating varieties of plants characteristic of or growing in Pennsylvania. a. Pennsylvania corn n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [noun] > cereal plants or corn cornc897 vetchc1300 grainc1315 blade1553 Pennsylvania corn1739 cereal1868 1739 in Colonial Rec. Georgia (1905) III. 429 We all were disappointed by..planting the yellow Pensilvania Corn. 1838 H. Colman 1st Rep. Agric. Mass. (Mass. Agric. Surv.) 24 The storer of the Pennsylvania corn, which is a ground-seed variety would probably yield from a third to a half more than ours in weight. 2003 San Francisco Chron. (Nexis) 6 Aug. e4 Ikeda's California-produced corn is freeze-dried, the Ikeda people tell us, so it may not have the same toasty quality as the baked Pennsylvania corn. b. Pennsylvania fir tree n. 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 1770 J. R. Forster tr. P. Kalm Trav. N. Amer. I. 69 Pennsylvania Fir Tree (Pinus Amer.). 1997 San Antonio (Texas) Express-News (Nexis) 1 June 1 k The 3,000 twinkling lights, candy canes, fake snow, nativity scene and Pennsylvania fir trees they import each December. c. † Pennsylvania dwarf mountain maple n. Obsolete 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 1785 H. Marshall Arbustrum Americanum 2 Acer pennsylvanicum,..Pennsylvania Dwarf Mountain Maple. d. Pennsylvania mountain laurel n. 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 1785 H. Marshall Arbustrum Americanum 127 Rhododendrum maximum, Pennsylvania Mountain Laurel. 1828 N. Amer. Rev. Oct. 353 He has enumerated some of these plants, which ought to be destroyed wherever they are seen, namely, dwarf-laurel, great laurel, kalmia latifolia, broad-leaved moor-wort, Pennsylvania mountain-laurel, wild honey-suckle. 1998 U.S. Banker (Nexis) Feb. Pennsylvania-based Mellon had its own..family of funds, called the Laurel Funds after Pennsylvania mountain laurel. e. Pennsylvania ash n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > ash ashc1380 Pennsylvania ash1810 1810 P. Wakefield Excurs. N. Amer. (ed. 2) xxviii. 191 The black fir, the Weymouth pine, the red cedar, the common fir, the red maple, the Pennsylvania ash..are also common. 1987 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 19 Apr. i. 6/1 Major league baseball players slam home runs with bats made from Pennsylvania ash. f. † Pennsylvania wind flower n. Obsolete ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > buttercup and allied flowers > anemones anemone1548 rose parsley1548 windflower1551 agrimony1578 hepatica1578 liverwort1578 noble agrimony1578 noble liverwort1578 pasque flower1578 Coventry bells1597 flaw-flower1597 herb trinity1597 pulsatilla1597 emony1644 wood-anemone1657 Robin Hood1665 poppy anemone1731 Alpine anemone1774 liverleaf1820 Japan anemone1847 Pennsylvania wind flower1869 smell fox1892 prairie smoke1893 prairie crocus1896 St. Brigid anemone1902 Japanese anemonec1908 Spanish marigold- 1869 J. G. Fuller Uncle John's Flower-gatherers 28 [The anemone] blooms later, in May and June, and is called the Pennsylvania Wind Flower. g. Pennsylvania anemone n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > non-British flowers > North American innocent1600 lychnidea1733 swamp lily1737 atamasco lily1743 phlox1754 lychnis1760 painted cup1776 mountain pink1818 phacelia1818 innocence1821 Nemophila1822 clarkia1827 Physostegia1830 bitter root1838 standing cypress1841 false mermaid1845 lion's heart1845 shooting star1856 lewisia1863 satin flower1871 fame-flower1879 baby blue-eyes1887 mayflower1892 agastache1900 obedient plant1900 Pennsylvania anemone1900 rock rose1906 Virginia bluebell1934 parsley1936 poached egg flower1963 poached eggs1971 poached egg plant1977 1900 B. B. Smyth Plants & Flowers Kansas ii. 54 On the low prairies may be found plenty of Pennsylvania anemone, a plant with..numerous branches, each terminated by a flower with five broad white sepals. 2. a. Pennsylvania division n. a military division coming from or associated with Pennsylvania. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > unit of army > named companies, regiments, etc. > [noun] > American Pennsylvania division1779 blue hen's chicken (also chick)1840 Mormon battalion1847 teddy1917 1779 G. Washington Let. 26 Feb. in Writings (1936) XIV. 153 Gen. St. Clair with the Pennsylvania division, and Gen. Smallwood with the Maryland division, were put in motion by different routes, to form a junction at the Scotch Plains. 1892 Century Feb. 494/2 The practical instruction in mobilizing, transporting, and supplying the Pennsylvania division is invaluable to the staff. 2003 Denver Post (Nexis) 18 June b5 He served his country in World War II in the U.S. Army 109th Infantry and 28th Pennsylvania Division. b. Pennsylvania wagon n. U.S. now historical a type of large covered wagon originating in Pennsylvania, a Conestoga wagon (cf. prairie schooner n.). ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > [noun] carc1320 chara1400 charet?a1400 wagon1542 carry1600 rotan1676 messagerie1777 pillbox1789 bandy1791 Pennsylvania wagon1800 gharry1810 rath1813 vardo1819 rig1831 1800 A. S. Adams Let. 27 Nov. in Lett. Mrs. Adams (1841) (ed. 3) II. 243 We are now indebted to a Pennsylvania waggon to bring us, through the first clerk in the Treasury Office, one cord and a half of wood. 1891 S. M. Welch Recoll. Buffalo 1830–40 66 Enormous arks of the so-called ‘Pennsylvania Wagons’, driven with four to ten horses. 1990 Atlantic (Nexis) Oct. 4 Arnold tangled with the radicals..over..his improper use of Pennsylvania wagons to haul confiscated goods for his own profit. c. Pennsylvania barn n. a barn of a type associated with Pennsylvania, or with the Pennsylvania Germans; esp. a two-storey bank barn constructed so that a vehicle may drive up to the entrance of the upper storey. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > storage or preservation of crops > [noun] > barn > types of tithe barn1543 tithing barn1659 corn-house1699 Dutch barn1742 staddle barn1794 bank barn1804 staddle granary1816 Pennsylvania barn1823 grain-barn1844 1799 J. B. Bordley Ess. & Notes Husbandry 158 Farmers in Pennsylvania have a commendable spirit for building good barns.] 1823 Ohio Repository 11 Dec. 1/2 The convenience of feeding, has also been brought to aid the arguments in favour of a great Pennsylvania barn. 1936 J. Schafer Social Hist. Amer. Agric. 116 The big Pennsylvania barns were used for stabling cattle as well as horses. 2000 D. K. Meyer Making Heartland Quilt 227 Pennsylvania barns exemplify the attitudes and values of..Pennsylvania German farm families. d. Pennsylvania salve n. U.S. slang a kind of thick, spreadable apple preserve; apple butter. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > additive > sauce or dressing > [noun] > fruit sauces lemon sauce1747 cranberry sauce1767 black butter1775 apple buttera1813 Pennsylvania salve1899 Melba sauce1907 1899 ‘J. Flynt’ Tramping with Tramps iv. 396 Pennsylvania salve, apple-butter. 1917 Indiana (Pa.) Evening Gaz. 30 Oct. 1/1 We all filled up on buttermilk and believe me it was fine. We also had butter and Pennsylvania salve (apple butter). 1961 Pennsylvania Folklife 12 49 Pennsylvania salve. e. Pennsylvania cap n. U.S. slang a recapped tyre with the tread line unbroken. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on wheels > [noun] > parts of vehicle moving on wheels > wheel > rubber or pneumatic tyre > types of sidewall1901 non-skid1905 retread1909 remould1928 recap1929 knobbly1938 knobby1943 whitewall1950 slick1959 bias-ply1964 radial1964 cross-ply1965 snow1968 Pennsylvania cap1971 wet1977 1971 M. Tak Truck Talk 116 Pennsylvania caps, recapped tires with an unbroken tread line. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1739 |
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