| 单词 | silk-bark |
| 释义 | > as lemmassilk-bark silk-bark n. a small evergreen tree, Maytenus acuminata, belonging to the family Celastraceæ and native to southern Africa. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > African trees or shrubs > [noun] > evergreens kamassi1793 Mimusops1836 silk-bark1851 wild chestnut1854 mohonono1857 kippersol1893 Cape chestnut1912 sausage-tree1915 moepel1934 1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. IV. 951 (table) Silkbark. Carriage-poles, spars. The bark, when broken, appears silky. 1894 T. R. Sim Flora of Kaffraria 28 (heading) Silkbark. 1907 T. R. Sim Forests & Forest Flora Cape Good Hope xiv. 184 Silk-bark... A small branched unarmed tree. 1912 Cape Times 12 Oct. 9/8 In the gorge beneath the fall an indigenous thicket, yellow-wood, Hottentot cherry, silk-bark, has been allowed to remain. 1972 E. Palmer & N. Pitman Trees Southern Afr. II. 1285 The silkbark or sybas has a wide distribution, occurring from eastern tropical Africa to the Cape. < as lemmas |
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