red-twiggedadj.

Brit.

/ˌrɛdˈtwɪɡd/, U.S.

/ˌrɛdˈtwɪɡd/

Forms: see red adj. and n. and twigged adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: red adj., twigged adj.

Etymology: < red adj. + twigged adj.

Chiefly in the names of shrubs and trees: having red twigs. See also Compounds.

ΚΠ

1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Tilia Tilia foliis molliter hirsutis, viminibus rubris, fructu tetragono. Raii Syn. The red-twig'd Lime-tree.

?1799–1801 H. C. Andrews Botanist's Repository II. Pl. XCVII Red-twigged Whortle-berry.

1828 J. Mitchell Dendrologia xxii. 67 The Cornus Mascula, or Cornelian Cherry, is but a shrub of the Dog-wood class. There are also, the Great-Flowering.., Red-Twigged, Green-Twigged, &c., all Dog-woods.

1847 W. E. Steele Handbk. Field Bot. 152 It [sc. Salix sphacelata] forms a low, red-twigged bush.

1901 Science 8 Nov. 722/1 The dry bed of the brook,..marked here and there with red-twigged willows.

1984 Daily Herald (Chicago) 14 Sept. iv. 3/1 Branches of the red-twigged dogwood..become characteristically showy with the passing of the winter months.

1996 K. G. Endicott Northern Calif. Gardening ii. 282 Early blooming manzanita, silktassel bushes, and red-twigged shrubs add color.

Compounds

red-twigged lime n. a cultivar or naturally occurring form of large-leaved lime (linden), Tilia platyphyllos, having red twigs.

ΚΠ

1731*Red-twig'd Lime-tree [see main sense].

1831 On Planting (Libr. Useful Knowl.) iii. 29 Lime tree..red twigged, T. Europ. corallina.

1935 Times 15 Mar. 17/6 For narrow roads there is nothing better than lime, especially the ‘red-twigged’ lime, which..is less liable to produce unsightly clusters than the common lime.

2003 A. Paterson Trees for Garden 75/2 (caption) Red-twigged lime (Tilia platyphyllos ‘Rubra’) is closely planted to form an avenue and pruned..to create a hedge-on-sticks.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	red-twigged
释义	red-twiggedadj. Brit. /ˌrɛdˈtwɪɡd/, U.S. /ˌrɛdˈtwɪɡd/ Forms: see red adj. and n. and twigged adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: red adj., twigged adj. Etymology: < red adj. + twigged adj. Chiefly in the names of shrubs and trees: having red twigs. See also Compounds. ΚΠ 1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Tilia Tilia foliis molliter hirsutis, viminibus rubris, fructu tetragono. Raii Syn. The red-twig'd Lime-tree. ?1799–1801 H. C. Andrews Botanist's Repository II. Pl. XCVII Red-twigged Whortle-berry. 1828 J. Mitchell Dendrologia xxii. 67 The Cornus Mascula, or Cornelian Cherry, is but a shrub of the Dog-wood class. There are also, the Great-Flowering.., Red-Twigged, Green-Twigged, &c., all Dog-woods. 1847 W. E. Steele Handbk. Field Bot. 152 It [sc. Salix sphacelata] forms a low, red-twigged bush. 1901 Science 8 Nov. 722/1 The dry bed of the brook,..marked here and there with red-twigged willows. 1984 Daily Herald (Chicago) 14 Sept. iv. 3/1 Branches of the red-twigged dogwood..become characteristically showy with the passing of the winter months. 1996 K. G. Endicott Northern Calif. Gardening ii. 282 Early blooming manzanita, silktassel bushes, and red-twigged shrubs add color. Compounds red-twigged lime n. a cultivar or naturally occurring form of large-leaved lime (linden), Tilia platyphyllos, having red twigs. ΚΠ 1731Red-twig'd Lime-tree [see main sense]. 1831 On Planting* (Libr. Useful Knowl.) iii. 29 Lime tree..red twigged, T. Europ. corallina. 1935 Times 15 Mar. 17/6 For narrow roads there is nothing better than lime, especially the ‘red-twigged’ lime, which..is less liable to produce unsightly clusters than the common lime. 2003 A. Paterson Trees for Garden 75/2 (caption) Red-twigged lime (Tilia platyphyllos ‘Rubra’) is closely planted to form an avenue and pruned..to create a hedge-on-sticks. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1731
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