| 单词 | punnai tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspunnai tree More fully punnai tree. Any of several Indo-Malayan trees of the genus Calophyllum (family Clusiaceae ( Guttiferae)); esp. the Alexandrian laurel, C. inophyllum, and C. polyanthum. Cf. poon n.1 ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > butcher's broom > [noun] knee-hollyc1000 butcher's broom1538 petigrew1538 horse-tongue1562 knee-holm1562 knee-hull1562 ruscus1562 double-tongue1578 prickly box1578 tongue-blade1578 ground-myrtle1601 uvularia1706 Alexandrian laurel1760 punnai1794 shepherd's myrtlec1840 Jew's myrtle1856 knee-hul- knee-hulver- 1794 N. E. Kindersley tr. On Gratitude in Specim. Hindoo Lit. 78 The wise man..will consider the former [sc. disinterested generosity], compared to the mere return of obligations, as the lofty Punnay tree, to the smallest seed. 1846 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom 402 A few [trees of the Clusiaceae] are cultivated for their timber. Calophyllum angustifolium, the Piney-tree, furnishes the straight spars called Peon at Penang, and in the islands to the eastward of the Bay of Bengal. 1870 R. Bentley Man. Bot. (ed. 2) ii. iii. 469 C. Inophyllum and C. braziliense also yield similar resins... C. angustifolium, the Piney-tree, furnishes valuable timber. 1921 Geogr. Rev. 11 459 Punnai trees were planted by the seashore, because this tree grows ‘in sandy soil. Its smell keeps off the bad odours of fish.’ 2005 Hindu (Nexis) 5 Sept. Punnai..was a species from Madagascar and which reached the Indian subcontinent very likely before the Gondwana split. < as lemmas |
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