请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 sorrel-tree
释义

sorrel-treen.

Etymology: sorrel n.1Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsorrel-tree.
The sourwood or elk-tree of North America, Oxydendrum arboreum ( Andromeda arborea).
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > North American trees or shrubs > [noun] > sorrel-tree
sorrel-tree1687
sour tree1717
sour wood1856
titi1860
1687 J. Clayton Let. in Philos. Trans. 1739–40 (Royal Soc.) (1742) 41 152 The Sorrel-tree bears a Leaf something like a Laurel.
1717 Petiveriana iii. 247 Sorrel or Sowre-tree. Because its Leaves have that Taste; some are a Foot diameter.
1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 327 Sorrel-tree, Andromeda.
1821 W. P. C. Barton Flora N. Amer. (new ed.) I. 107 The sorrel tree itself, however, degenerates into a shrub.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 472/1 The leaves of Eubotrys arborea have an acid flavour, whence the name of Sorrel-tree.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
n.1687
随便看

 

英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/12/23 13:41:30