| 单词 | puriri tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspuriri tree More fully puriri tree. An evergreen forest tree of New Zealand, Vitex lucens (family Verbenaceae), which has dark green glossy leaves and clusters of red flowers. Also: the hard, durable timber of this tree. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [noun] > Australasian tallow-tree1704 rata1773 rosewood1779 red mahogany1798 ironbark1799 wild orange1802 red gum1803 rewarewa1817 red cedar1818 black-butted gum1820 Huon pine1820 miro1820 oak1821 horoeka1831 hinau1832 maire1832 totara1832 blackbutt1833 marri1833 raspberry jam tree1833 kohekohe1835 puriri1835 tawa1839 hickory1840 whau1840 pukatea1841 titoki1842 butterbush1843 iron gum1844 York gum1846 mangeao1848 myall1848 ironheart1859 lilly-pilly1860 belah1862 flindosa1862 jarrah1866 silky oak1866 teak of New South Wales1866 Tolosa-wood1866 turmeric-tree1866 walking-stick palm1869 tooart1870 queenwood1873 tarairi1873 boree1878 yate1880 axe-breaker1884 bangalay1884 coachwood1884 cudgerie1884 feather-wood1884 forest mahogany1884 maiden's blush1884 swamp mahogany1884 tallow-wood1884 teak of New Zealand1884 wandoo1884 heartwood1885 ivorywood1887 Jimmy Low1887 Burdekin plum1889 corkwood1889 pigeon-berry ash1889 red beech1889 silver beech1889 turnip-wood1891 black bean1895 red bean1895 pinkwood1898 poplar1898 rose mahogany1898 quandong1908 lancewood1910 New Zealand honeysuckle1910 Queensland walnut1919 mahogany gum1944 Australian mahogany1948 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > other Australasian woods puriri1835 beef-wood1836 whau1840 rimu1851 cheesewood1854 Tolosa-wood1866 karri1870 ivorywood1887 1835 W. Yate Acct. N.Z. (ed. 2) ii. 43 Puriri (Vitex littoralis)—This tree, from its hardness and durability, has been denominated the New-Zealand Oak. 1838 J. S. Polack New Zealand II. 393 The Puriri..is a wood whose durability equals any of the timbers in the country. 1886 N.Z. Herald 1 June 2/2 The land is..finely sheltered by pretty clumps of puriri and other bush. 1910 L. Cockayne N.Z. Plants iii. 39 Birds also fertilise a few New Zealand plants, amongst others the puriri. 1959 N.Z. Listener 13 Mar. 5/4 These fascinating little owls had their nest in a clump of astelia in a puriri tree. 1993 N.Y. Times 21 Nov. v. 9/1 Walk in and Cathedral Cove becomes joined to old sheep pastures, rambling fences, dense spreading canopies of native puriri trees, [etc]. < as lemmas |
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