| 单词 | scotch gale |
| 释义 | > as lemmasScotch gale Scotch gale n. [ < Scotch adj. + gale n.1] now rare bog myrtle, Myrica gale. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > myrtles > [noun] myrt?a1200 myrt-treea1382 mirtusc1384 myrtine?a1450 myrtle tree1548 myrtle1562 nerte1585 Australian tea1728 Bencoolen tea1728 New Zealand tea1728 Scotch gale1795 Callistemon1814 manuka1832 myrtal1846 mangrove-myrtle1847 swamp tea tree1862 lid-flower1866 Barringtonia1871 tea-broom1872 kanuka1906 myrtle-of-the-river1919 1795 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XIV. 60 Near to the King's Well, in the same barony, is to be found what is called the Scotch-gale, a species of the myrtle. 1844 tr. C. V. P. d'Arlincourt Three Kingdoms II. iii. 105 This flower in Scotch Gale is a sort of myrtle that grows only by the waterside. 1996 R. Mabey Flora Britannica 451/2 Bog-myrtle is usually just myrtle; also gall, gale or Scotch gale. < as lemmas |
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