| 单词 | black dogwood | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasblack dogwood   black dogwood  n. any of several plants which resemble dogwood in some way; esp.		 (a) alder buckthorn,  Rhamnus frangula, a native of Europe and introduced in North America;		 (b) Jamaican the Caribbean tree  Piscidia carthaginensis (cf. dogwood n. 2) (rare). ΚΠ 1801    Philos. Mag. 9 358  				The wood made use of is either alder, willow, or (black) dog-wood.]			 1803    C. Hutton tr.  J. Ozanam  & J. E. Montucla Recreations in Math. & Nat. Philos. III.  x. i. 440  				The charcoal found by experience to be fittest for the composition of gunpowder, is that made from the alder, willow, or black dog-wood. 1863    Technologist 3 57  				Piscidia Carthaginensis, L. (Bitch Wood, or Black Dogwood of Jamaica)... This is largely used in Jamaica for wheels and carriages. 1882    Forestry 5 793  				The underwood in this county is of considerable extent, and consists of hazel, ash, oak.., bird-cherry, or black dogwood (Prunus padus), copse elder, [etc.]. 1907    E. Step Wayside & Woodland Trees 92  				The wood made into charcoal is said to be the best for the purposes of the gunpowder makers, who know it by the name of Black Dogwood. 2003    Jrnl. Range Managem. 56 464/1  				Ivy,..honeysuckle..and black dogwood (Frangula alnus); all of them are considered of high preference in herbivore diets. 2004    D. F. Austin Florida Ethnobot. 515/1  				People call Piscidia the black mahoe (Trinidad, Tobago),..black dogwood (Jamaica), [etc.]. < as lemmas | 
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