单词 | shelter tree |
释义 | > as lemmasshelter tree shelter tree n. Military (see quot. 1884); also, any tree grown to provide shelter. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > cultivated or valued > [noun] > shade- or shelter-tree nurse1788 nurse-tree1805 shade-tree1806 wind-break1861 shelter belt1869 shelter tree1884 shelter wood1889 wind-belt1903 1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants 124/2 Adenostephanus organensis. Organ Mountain Shelter-tree. 1891 W. Schlich Man. Forestry II. ii. 133 They in their turn become mother and shelter trees. 1980 Garden (Royal Hort. Soc.) 105 106/1 The Corot-like view of immense weeping willows forming the lake's head must surely have gained by the recent deaths of elms and other shelter trees, though the garden is now more exposed to north-east winds. < as lemmas |
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