| 单词 | quiver tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmasquiver tree quiver tree n. [after South African Dutch kokerboom (a1774: see kokerboom n.)] a large aloe, Aloe dichotoma, of the South African desert, whose branches were formerly used locally to make quivers for arrows; = kokerboom n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [noun] > African shittima1382 citrus1555 cam-wood1699 jacaranda1753 kokerboom1774 quiver tree1789 geelhout1790 rooihout1790 yellowwood1790 mat-wood1792 assegai1793 assegai tree1793 hardpear1801 rooi els1801 argan1809 beaver-wood1810 mat tree1812 saffraan1819 salie1819 sneezewood1834 African teak1842 hyawaballi1851 sage-wood1854 mvule1858 til1858 yari-yari1858 cannibal stinkwood1859 kiaat1862 knobwood1862 milkwood1862 tryssil1862 sulphur-tree1863 khaya1864 cailcedra1866 flat-crown1868 umzimbeet1870 kuka1882 odum1887 iroko1890 opepe1891 Natal mahogany1904 muhimbi1906 obeche1906 agba1908 makoré1915 afara1920 agboin1920 abura1921 podo1922 afrormosia1923 guarea1936 Mansonia1936 dahoma1955 utile1956 1789 W. Paterson Narr. Four Journeys Country of Hottentots 58 This plant is called the Koker Boem, or Quiver Tree; and has its name from the use to which it is commonly applied by the natives. 1838 J. E. Alexander Exped. Discov. Interior Afr. I. 56 We..saw the strange koker boom, or quiver-tree, with its thick and silver-green trunk, hollow arms (from which the quivers are made), and leaves like those of the aloe. 1902 G. M. Theal Beginning S. Afr. Hist. 11 The arrows were carried in a quiver made of the bark of a species of euphorbia, which is still called..the Kokerboom or quiver tree. 1995 D. Attenborough Private Life Plants vi. 269 Quiver trees shed the ends of some of their branches and so are able to endure the most severe droughts. < as lemmas |
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