单词 | red birch |
释义 | red birchn. 1. U.S. The river birch, Betula nigra, of the eastern United States, the young bark of which is dark red. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > birch and allies > [noun] bircha700 birch-tree1530 weeping birch1606 Our Lady's tree1608 black birch1674 sugar-birch1751 white birch1766 red birch1774 yellow birch1774 paper birch1791 canoe birch1810 mountain mahogany1810 old field birch1810 mahogany birch1813 towai1845 river birch1846 kamahi1867 silver birch1884 wire birch1899 1774 J. Reed Explan. Map City & Liberties Philadelphia 18 From thence W. S. W. 525 perches to a corner red birch, standing by Schuylkill. 1785 H. Marshall Arbustrum Americanum 19 Red birch..grows to a pretty large size. 1846–50 A. Wood Class-bk. Bot. 498 Red Birch... Trunk covered with a reddish or chocolate-coloured bark. 1918 N. Duncan Battles Royal i. ii. 41 The crew was gathered close about a roaring red birch fire. 2002 C. Fergus Trees of Pennsylvania 87 The name red birch comes from the dark red color of the branchlets. 2. a. Any of several New Zealand southern beeches, esp. Nothofagus menziesii and N. fusca; (also) the wood of any of these trees. Cf. red beech n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > Australasian trees > [noun] > other Australasian trees or shrubs burrawang1826 water gum1826 kaikomako1832 karaka1834 kawa-kawa1838 peppermint1838 bottle tree1844 ngaio1849 Grevillea1853 red birch1853 wooden pear1860 muskwood1866 sugar-tree1866 tulip-tree1866 hop-bush1883 mock orange1884 mountain beech1884 sage tree1884 tile-seed1884 mutton-bird scrub1889 red birch1889 silver-tree1889 whalebone-tree1889 budda1890 camphor laurel1894 pepperbush1895 mustard bush1898 willow myrtle1898 pigeon wood1899 horizontal scrub1909 turkey-bush1911 pandani1923 mock orange1929 1853 J. D. Hooker Bot. Antarctic Voy.: Flora Novæ-Zelandiæ I. 229 Fagus Menziesii..Nat. name, ‘Tavai’, Col. ‘Red Birch’ of the colonists. 1882 W. D. Hay Brighter Brit. II. 190 The Tawai (Fagus Menziesii), called ‘red birch’ by settlers, is a favourite for fencing when young. 1934 Sci. Monthly Apr. 328/1 Even the beech is antipodal, more like birch than beech and called red and black birch by the lumberman. 1981 J. Henderson Exiles Asbestos Cottage 60 Red or brown beech/birch, ‘steaming wood’, good fill-in wood. 2000 Sunday Star-Times (Auckland, N.Z.) 18 June 8 Trees such as Japanese maples, elms and red birch soften the line of the northern boundary. b. The New Zealand tree Weinmannia racemosa; = kamahi n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > Australasian trees > [noun] > other Australasian trees or shrubs burrawang1826 water gum1826 kaikomako1832 karaka1834 kawa-kawa1838 peppermint1838 bottle tree1844 ngaio1849 Grevillea1853 red birch1853 wooden pear1860 muskwood1866 sugar-tree1866 tulip-tree1866 hop-bush1883 mock orange1884 mountain beech1884 sage tree1884 tile-seed1884 mutton-bird scrub1889 red birch1889 silver-tree1889 whalebone-tree1889 budda1890 camphor laurel1894 pepperbush1895 mustard bush1898 willow myrtle1898 pigeon wood1899 horizontal scrub1909 turkey-bush1911 pandani1923 mock orange1929 1889 T. Kirk Forest Flora N.Z. 133 In common with other trees characterized by small leaves, it is termed ‘birch’ by the bushman, or ‘red birch’ or ‘brown birch’. 1910 L. Cockayne N.Z. Plants & their Story 160 Weinmannia racemosa, called red-birch in Westland, is very common. 1940 R. M. Laing & E. W. Blackwell Plants N.Z. (ed. 4) 197 [The kamahi] is particularly common in the forests of Westland..where it is usually termed red birch. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1774 |
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