单词 | prosopis |
释义 | Prosopisn.1 Botany. A genus of mostly spiny or prickly trees and shrubs of the family Fabaceae ( Leguminosae), native to warm arid regions of America, Asia, and Africa, and bearing spikes of small green or yellow flowers and usually fleshy pods; (in form prosopis) a tree or shrub of this genus.The genus includes the honey mesquite, Prosopis glandulosa, and the screw-bean, P. pubescens. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > [noun] > prosopis or mesquite cod tree1704 algarroba1717 mizquitl1753 mesquite1759 Prosopis1776 screw-bean1851 screw mesquite1853 tornillo1866 kiawe1915 tamarugo1972 1776 J. Lee Introd. Bot. (ed. 3) 105 This Order [sc. Monogynia] contains fifty-three genera, distinguished into..2. Such as have erect Stamina, of which there are thirty-eight, viz. Ruta.., Pyrola, Prosopis, Heisteria, [etc.]. 1797 Encycl. Brit. XV. 605/2 Prosopis, in botany, a genus of the monogynia order, belonging to the decandria class of plants. 1851 M. Reid Scalp Hunters II. ix. 152 Peering cautiously through the leaves of the prosopis. 1905 C. S. Sargent Man. Trees N. Amer. 548 Prosopis produces hard durable wood, particularly valuable as fuel, and the pods are used as fodder. 1965 Science 12 Mar. 1251/1 Other plants useful to the collector..were ryegrass..and large-seeded wild legumes like lentil, vetch, vetchling, chick pea, and Prosopis. 1972 Z. Freeth New Look at Kuwait 54 A small public park had been created, refreshing the eye with lawns, palms, and prosopis trees. 2005 Guardian (Nexis) 13 Apr. 13 With its six-foot roots, thorny growth and height of up to 18 metres, prosopis has cut off vital grazing space. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). Prosopisn.2 Entomology. Now rare. (In form prosopis) a solitary bee of the former genus Prosopis (family Colletidae); (in form Prosopis) the genus itself.Prosopis is now regarded as a subgenus of the genus Hylaeus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > superfamily Apoidea (bees) > member of family Andrenidae (mining-bee) > genus Prosopis Prosopisa1887 a1887 R. Jefferies Field & Hedgerow (1889) 205 I think there were four species of wild bee at these early flowers, including the great bombus and the small prosopis with orange-yellow band. 1901 Ld. Avebury in Daily Chron. 25 May 3/1 On the evolution of the hive bee from the less highly organised Prosopis—which has a short, simple tongue, no brushes or baskets on the legs, and leads a solitary life. 1932 E. Step Bees, Wasps, Ants & Allied Insects 110 Another small group..is the genus Colletes, quite unlike Prosopis in appearance. 1940 C. P. Clausen Entomophagous Insects 55 The egg [of Gasteruption] is deposited externally upon the body of the mature Prosopis larva. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11776n.2a1887 |
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