† sea-treen.

Obsolete.

1. A huge polyp [Latin arbor marina] .

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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Cephalopoda > [noun] > order Dibranchiata > member of

cuttlec1000

polyp1590

cuttlefish1591

many-foot1601

poulp1601

sea-tree1601

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxxii. xi. 451 [The ‘greatest monsters’ of the sea are] The Sea-Trees, Whirlepooles [etc.].

1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Álbero,..a monstrous sea-fish, called the Sea-tree.

2. Some tree-like seaweed.

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the world > plants > particular plants > algae > seaweed > [noun] > of unspecified or various types

sea-grass1591

rockweed1599

sea-tree1601

zoster1601

float-ore1602

vraic1610

sea-wrack1611

spangle-wort1681

trunk-weed1730

turtle-grass1736

sea-pine1762

agar-agar1769

greenweed1820

bull-kelpc1929

agarophyte1944

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xiii. xxv. 402 The branches and leaves of the sea trees, so long as they were under water looked greene, but when they be taken forth, presently dried with the heat of the Sunne.

1666 J. Davies tr. C. de Rochefort Hist. Caribby-Islands 127 Sea-Trees... Certain Trees which are immediately glaz'd with a salt-peter, which renders them extremely white. Some conceive them to be a kind of Coral.

1755 A. Berthelson tr. E. Pontoppidan Nat. Hist. Norway i. 152 The ocean here produces various species of large vegetables, which are known by the name of sea-trees.

1759 Philos. Trans. 1758 (Royal Soc.) 50 634 This pivot..forms something like the knot of the sea-tree.

a1823 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XV. 298/2 The sea-tree lines many parts of the coast [of St. Bartholomew], has its leaves platted together, and looks as if it was completely glazed.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	sea-tree
释义	† sea-treen. Obsolete. 1. A huge polyp [Latin arbor marina] . ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Cephalopoda > [noun] > order Dibranchiata > member of cuttlec1000 polyp1590 cuttlefish1591 many-foot1601 poulp1601 sea-tree1601 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxxii. xi. 451 [The ‘greatest monsters’ of the sea are] The Sea-Trees, Whirlepooles [etc.]. 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Álbero,..a monstrous sea-fish, called the Sea-tree. 2. Some tree-like seaweed. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > algae > seaweed > [noun] > of unspecified or various types sea-grass1591 rockweed1599 sea-tree1601 zoster1601 float-ore1602 vraic1610 sea-wrack1611 spangle-wort1681 trunk-weed1730 turtle-grass1736 sea-pine1762 agar-agar1769 greenweed1820 bull-kelpc1929 agarophyte1944 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xiii. xxv. 402 The branches and leaves of the sea trees, so long as they were under water looked greene, but when they be taken forth, presently dried with the heat of the Sunne. 1666 J. Davies tr. C. de Rochefort Hist. Caribby-Islands 127 Sea-Trees... Certain Trees which are immediately glaz'd with a salt-peter, which renders them extremely white. Some conceive them to be a kind of Coral. 1755 A. Berthelson tr. E. Pontoppidan Nat. Hist. Norway i. 152 The ocean here produces various species of large vegetables, which are known by the name of sea-trees. 1759 Philos. Trans. 1758 (Royal Soc.) 50 634 This pivot..forms something like the knot of the sea-tree. a1823 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XV. 298/2 The sea-tree lines many parts of the coast [of St. Bartholomew], has its leaves platted together, and looks as if it was completely glazed. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1601
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