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单词 rose tree
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rose treen.

Brit. /ˈrəʊz triː/, U.S. /ˈroʊz ˌtri/
Forms: see rose n.1 and adj.1 and tree n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; partly modelled on a Latin lexical item, and partly modelled on a Greek lexical item. Etymons: rose n.1, tree n.
Etymology: < rose n.1 + tree n. Compare rosier n. In senses 2 and 3 ultimately after classical Latin rhododendron and its etymon Hellenistic Greek ῥοδόδενδρον (see rhododendron n.).
1. A rose plant, esp. a standard rose.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > rose and allied flowers > rose > rose-bush
roseOE
rosierc1300
rose treec1350
rosary1523
rosebush1563
rose-briar1598
rose vine1827
c1350 Nominale (Cambr. Ee.4.20) in Trans. Philol. Soc. (1906) 20* If roser et cenelere, Hw rosetre and hawetre.
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 243v Rosa, þe rose tree..is a litil tree with prikkes, and most vertu þer of is in þe flour.
1562 W. Ward tr. G. Ruscelli 3rd Pt. Secretes Alexis of Piemont f. 42 Take seven or nine of the longe and red berries of a wylde rose tree, and let them be rype.
1586 G. Whetstone Eng. Myrror ii. vi. 127 We see the Rose tree that bringeth foorth the sweete Rose, lykewise bringeth foorth sharpe prickels.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Rosier, a Rose-tree, Rose-bush, Rose-brier.
1666 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense (ed. 2) 26 It were profitable now also to top your Rose-trees.
1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 418. ¶8 His Rose-trees, Wood-bines, and Jessamines, may flower together.
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth III. 305 They are to be met with..upon the leaves of the ash, the poplar, and the rose trees.
1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede II. ii. xx. 83 The very rose trees, at which Adam stopped to pluck one, looked as if they grew wild.
1864 Ld. Tennyson Aylmer's Field in Enoch Arden, etc. 59 One [hut] look'd all rosetree, and another wore A close-set robe of jasmine sown with stars.
1925 E. Sitwell Troy Park 95 And the waterfalls frilled like a white rose-tree.
2000 St. John's (Newfoundland) Telegram (Nexis) 29 Sept. (Insight section) 11 His purpose in planting the rose tree has been fulfilled in the beauty it has left for others to enjoy.
2. The oleander or rose laurel, Nerium oleander. Cf. rosebay n. 1. Obsolete.
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1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iii. lxxx. 430 This plante is called in Greeke..ροδόδενδρον..in Latine..Rosea arbor: that is to say, Rose tree [Du. Rooseboom]..in Englishe Rose tree, or Rose Baye tree, Oleander, and Nerium.
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 240 The Herbe called in Greeke Rhododendron, and may be englished Rose-tree, is poyson to goates, and yet the same helpeth a man against the vemon of Serpents.
1845 J. Kitto Cycl. Biblical Lit. 639/1 We have an instance of this, indeed, in the oleander, of which rhododendron, or rose-tree, was one of the ancient names, and rhododaphne another.
3. North American. Any of numerous plants and trees of the genus Rhododendron (see rhododendron n. 2); esp. the great laurel, R. maximum; = rosebay n. 3.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [noun] > azaleas or rhododendrons
mountain rose1640
rhododendron1657
Alpine rose1728
winterbloom1752
azalea1753
mountain rosebay1759
rosebay1760
rhodora1770
mountain laurel1785
swamp azalea1796
big laurel1810
rose tree1818
white honeysuckle1818
meadow pink1827
Pinkster1833
mayflower1838
alpenrose1839
swamp pink1840
rhodie1851
swamp honeysuckle1856
ponticum1875
tree azalea1884
rhodo1886
Kurume azalea1920
1818 H. M. Williams tr. A. von Humboldt Personal Narr. Trav. III. 452 The befaria, the alpine rosetree [Note Rhododendron ferrugineum of the Alps] of equinoctial America, is in blossom.
1857 Friend 19 Dec. 115/1 But the most beautiful and most wonderful of all, are the rose trees (rhododendrons,) most appropriately named, for at a little distance they exactly resemble immense rose-bushes.
1875 Gardeners' Chron. 3 July 20/2 The Rose tree of the New World can boast that it is a Rose without a thorn.
1905 L. G. Stephens Lett. from Oregon Ranch 199 Bert, after hearing of them, never really enjoyed a good night's rest until he had scaled the heights crowned by those blushing rose-trees.
1914 H. H. Thomas Ideal Garden (ed. 4) xi. 84 The Rhododendron or Rose Tree is perhaps the most fascinating of all our hardy evergreen flowering shrubs.
1999 B. J. Ward Contemplat. upon Flowers 307 Many [rhododendrons] have rose-colored flowers, such as R. maximum; these are often called the rose tree or rose bay in the southeastern United States.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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