单词 | black-gum |
释义 | black-gumn. North American. Any of several North American trees of the genus Nyssa (family Nyssaceae); esp. N. sylvatica, chiefly of eastern and southern areas, sometimes grown as an ornamental for its striking autumn foliage. Also: †the fruit produced by this tree, a blue-black oval drupe (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > North American trees or shrubs > [noun] > other North American trees or shrubs black-gum1709 white gum1709 red fir1722 Quebec oak1768 Pennsylvania fir tree1770 Pennsylvania dwarf mountain maple1785 Pennsylvania mountain laurel1785 pepperbush1785 pepperbush1785 southern pine1796 titi1827 palo blanco1829 mock orange1860 palo fierro1860 mountain laurel1866 Joshua1867 red cedar1872 porkwood1884 guajillo1886 mountain balm1924 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [noun] > tupelo gum tree1676 black-gum1709 white gum1709 tupelo1731 Nyssa1754 sour gum1814 pipperidge1823 pepperidge1826 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [noun] > other ornamental trees or shrubs ambrosieOE minced pie1739 Christmas bush1750 black-gum1785 Nandina1787 allamanda1789 restio1796 moutan1808 tree peony1811 snowberry1815 aucuba1819 zamang1819 Deutzia1837 ground-jasmine1848 nandin1866 heavenly bamboo1871 spathodea1873 Escallonia1882 nanten1884 o-matsu1916 Japanese pagoda tree1924 dove tree1933 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [adjective] softwood1539 citrean1616 pepperidge1689 purple heart1769 narra1779 leafy1810 saffraan1819 quandong1836 padauk1839 tamanu1839 titoki1842 til1858 odum1887 sapele1904 broad-leaved1905 peroba1920 ocote1926 pyinkado1934 ponderosa1937 ahuehuete1948 Mansonia1958 obeche1958 podo1961 black-gum1969 1709 J. Lawson New Voy. Carolina 95 Of the Black Gum there grows, with us, two sorts. 1785 G. Washington Diary 28 Feb. (1925) II. 346 Planted all the..Blackgums in my Serpentine Walks. 1831 Amer. Turf Reg. & Sporting Mag. Dec. 186 The autumnal leaf of a black gum..might by its brilliant red, attract the notice of the ‘river wolf’. 1868 Amer. Naturalist 2 122 Only severe hunger will force him to eat the meat of a bear who has lapped black-gum. 1885 ‘C. E. Craddock’ Prophet Great Smoky Mountains xv. 281 The hickory trees..were a lustrous contrast to the sombre pine..or the vivid crimson of the black-gum. 1901 C. T. Mohr Plant Life Alabama 32 Chestnut..and black gum (Nyssa sylvatica) are common. 1969 E. W. Emery Aunt Puss & Others 50 I used to go to the woods with her to get blackgum twigs for her [snuff-]brushes. 2005 C. Fergus Trees New Eng. 65 Guidebooks usually describe the fall foliage as scarlet; in fact, black-gum sets forth a range of attention grabbing colors. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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