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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