| 单词 | red twig |
| 释义 | > as lemmasred twig red twig n. †(a) redroot (genus Ceanothus) (obsolete); (b) North American (more fully redtwig dogwood) any of various dogwoods (genus Cornus) having red bark; (c) U.S. (more fully redtwig Leucothoe) an ericaceous shrub, Leucothoe recurva, of the south-eastern United States. ΚΠ 1785 W. Marshall Planting & Ornamental Gardening Index, 635 Red Twig,—Ceanothus. 1797 Encycl. Brit. IV. at Ceanothus These [stems] are thin, flexible, and of a reddish colour, which may have occasioned this tree to go by the name of Red Twig. 1816 Warden Descr. Columbia 196 Ceanothus... American red twig, or Carolina spiræa. 1914 Portsmouth (Iowa) Daily Times 22 Apr. 7/4 Cornus siberica (Red Twig Dogwood). 1930 L. H. Bailey & E. Z. Bailey Hortus 358/1 at Leucothoë Recurva... Redtwig L. 1994 M. Griffiths Index Garden Plants 664/2 L[eucothoë] recurva (Buckl.) A. Gray. Red Twig... SE US. 2007 Columbus (Ohio) Disp. (Nexis) 28 Oct. 8 h The redtwig's small white flowers appear in the spring as round flat heads. < as lemmas |
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