| 单词 | staff tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstaff tree staff tree n. †(a) a small evergreen tree (possibly a phillyrea) described as having wood fit for making staffs (obsolete); (b) any plant of (or formerly included in) the genus Celastrus (family Celastraceae), comprising climbing shrubs mostly native to warm and tropical regions of the Americas, Asia, and Australia; esp. the North American species Celastrus scandens; = staff vine n.Now chiefly in lists of alternative names for these plants. 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 the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > climbing or creeping plants > non-British climbing or creeping plants > [noun] > other non-British climbing plants bull-hoof1756 Russian vine1840 1633 T. Johnson Gerard's Herball (new ed.) App. 1600 (caption) Celastrus Theophrasti. The staffe tree. 1764 W. Burchell Catal. Trees, Shrubs, Plants, & Flowers 12 The climbing Staff-tree or Bastard Spindle-tree. 1824 J. C. Loudon Green-house Compan. ii. 83 Celastrus Pyracanthus, pyracantha-leaved Staff-tree, a low tree also from the Cape. 1941 Amer. Naturalist 41 393 The bark of the Staff-tree..contains a larger quantity of mannan than does the wood proper. 2007 L. S. Nelson et al. Handbk. Poisonous & Injurious Plants (ed. 2) 116 Celastrus scandens: American Bittersweet, Bittersweet.., Staff Tree, Staff Vine. < as lemmas |
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