单词 | pith plant |
释义 | > as lemmaspith plant pith plant n. rare the Chinese shrub Tetrapanax papyriferus (family Araliaceae), which yields a pith from which rice paper is made. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > non-British shrubs > [noun] > Asian Japan allspice1789 ramie1817 kaffir lime1824 luculia1826 rice-paper plant1832 pith plant1834 chimonanthus1836 jiti1836 rhea1837 leycesteria1838 wintersweet1846 crape-myrtle1850 skimmia1853 China-grass1858 taccada1866 saxaul1874 white kerria1900 sarcococca1914 1834 G. Bennett Wanderings New S. Wales II. iv. 75 The pith plant is procured from Oan-nāām, near the province of See-chuen. 1903 J. W. Davidson Formosa xxix. 542 Among the new growths that spring up over these blackened areas, the Pith-plant is often prominent. 2009 Harvard Mag. Mar.–Apr. 72/3 A photograph of the elusive pith plant. < as lemmas |
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