单词 | snowberry |
释义 | snowberryn. A name given to various plants or shrubs bearing white berries, or to the fruit of these.When denoting the plant or shrub, frequently used attributively with bush (or tree). In the earliest example the identification is doubtful:— 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 327 Snowberry-bush, Lonicera. 1. A rubiaceous shrub ( Chiococca racemosa), native to the West Indies and Florida, cultivated as a greenhouse or hothouse plant. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [noun] > snowberry snowberry?1804 snowberry1815 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 1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 678 Hothouse Plants...Snow-berry. 1839 R. Sweet Hothouse & Greenhouse Man. (ed. 6) 54 Chiococca racemosa or Snow-berry-bush, thrives well in a mixture of loam and peat. 1864 A. H. R. Grisebach Flora Brit. W. Indian Islands 787/2 Snowberry, Chiococca racemosa. 2. a. A caprifoliaceous shrub ( Symphoricarpus racemosus), native to North America and Mexico, commonly grown in gardens and shrubberies. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [noun] > snowberry snowberry?1804 snowberry1815 (a) (b)1821 W. P. C. Barton Flora N. Amer. (new ed.) I. 69 Snow~berry is a very ornamental shrub.1857 A. Henfrey Elem. Course Bot. 313 The berries..of Symphoricarpus, the Snow-berry of our shrubberies, appear to be harmless.1882 Garden 25 Feb. 134/1 The Snowberry..stands almost alone as the representative of the white fruited section.?1804 in Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Exped. (1987) III. 468 Aug. 2 near Fort Calhoun Symphoricarpos occidentalis Hook. (western snowberry). 1813 T. Jefferson Let. 8 Dec. in Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Exped. (1905) VII. 393 We call it the snow-berry bush, no botanical name being yet given to it. 1821 W. P. C. Barton Flora N. Amer. (new ed.) I. 69 The late Governor Lewis first brought to this city seeds of the snow~berry bush. 1872 C. Rossetti Sing Song 10 A song-singing thrush, Dead at the foot of a snowberry bush. 1894 Mrs. H. Ward Marcella I. i. i. 16 The branches of a snowberry tree. b. The fruit of this shrub. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [noun] > snowberry > berry of snowberry1837 1837 H. Martineau Society in Amer. II. 245 Smart mulatto girls, with snow-berries in their hair. 1861 H. B. Stowe Pearl of Orr's Island 7 The cheek was white and bloodless as a snowberry. 3. U.S. a. creeping snowberry, a trailing evergreen plant ( Chiogenes hispidula) common in bogs and woods. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > climbing or creeping plants > non-British climbing or creeping plants > [noun] > North American woodbine1624 Virginia vine1629 staff-tree1633 Virginia creeper?1703 climbing vine1760 mayflower1778 pepper vine1783 arbutus1785 trailing arbutus1785 pipe vine1803 Ampelopsis1805 ground-laurel1814 waxwork1818 ivory plum1828 fever twig1830 yerba buena1847 mountain pink1850 New England mayflower1855 creeping snowberry1856 Virginian creeper1856 May blossom1871 sand verbena1880 staff-vine1884 1856 A. Gray Man. Bot. Northern U.S. (1860) 250 Chiogenes, Creeping Snow~berry. a1862 H. D. Thoreau Maine Woods (1864) ii. 95 Creeping snowberry, painted trillium. 1872 M. S. De Vere Americanisms 404 The queen of them all is said to be the lovely, creeping snowberry (Chiogenes hispidula). b. The wintergreen, checkerberry, or tea-berry. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > medicinal trees or shrubs > [noun] > non-British medicinal trees or shrubs > wintergreen shrubs wintergreen1778 mountain tea1785 spice-berry1792 partridgeberry1814 tea-berry1818 ivory plum1828 twinberry1836 ivy-berry1840 partridge bush1843 Gaultheria1848 checker-berry1852 partridge-vine1860 snowberry1866 one-berry1873 1866 Chambers's Encycl. VIII. 789/2 The name Snowberry is also given to Gaultheria serpyllifolia, a native of the bogs of North America. 4. Australian. The wax-cluster, Gaultheria hispida. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > berry-bush or -tree > [noun] > Australasian redberry1785 five-corner1826 wax-cluster1834 mako1848 makomako1848 snowberry1880 sea-berry1884 ground-berry1889 wineberry1889 1880 L. A. Meredith Tasmanian Friends & Foes 11 The ‘Snow-berry’ or ‘Wax cluster’ is also called native Arbutus. 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