| 单词 | rosin tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrosin tree ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular tree or plant yielding useful gum or resin > [noun] > African rosin tree1577 harpuisbos1811 resin bush1822 bumbo1839 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry ii. 103 There are sixe kindes of these Rozen trees , the Pine, the Pine, the Pitch tree, the wylde Pine, the Fyrre, the Larsh and the Tarre tree. 1638 H. Peacham Truth of our Times 197 You may better it..by burning of severall sorts of sweete Wood, as Cipres, Iuniper, Bay, Rosemarie, Pine, the Turpentine, and Rosin-tree. 1798 P. J. Laborie Coffee Planter of St. Domingo ii. 70 The rosin trees are generally good for any thing. 1815 A. Plumptre tr. H. Lichtenstein Trav. S. Afr. II. 176 A shrub, which grows from two feet to three feet and a half high, called by the colonists harpuisbosjes, the rosin tree. 1890 N. H. Chamberlain What's Matter? vi. 101 Our waste lands will soon be covered with rosin trees, which will breed numerous swarms of bees to make France flow with honey. 1908 World's Paper Trade Rev. 17 Apr. 1/2 Ascertaining which variations could be attributed to differences in the original grades of the rosin, to the age of the rosin trees, to the season of gathering, etc. < as lemmas |
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