| 单词 | blue pipe-tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmasblue pipe-tree a. The common lilac, Syringa vulgaris. Also blue pipe-tree. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [noun] > lilac and allied trees blue pipe1597 lilac1625 lilac-tree1625 pipe tree1629 Persian jasmine1640 Persian lilac1640 Rouen lilac1838 1629 J. Parkinson Paradisi in Sole cvii. 407 The blew Pipe tree riseth sometimes to be a great tree. 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (1721) II. 185 Lilac, or Pipe-Tree,..affords fine scented Flowers in April or May. 1766 T. Amory Life John Buncle II. x. 345 A liquor of a beautiful colour, like that of the lilach or pipe-tree blossom. 1855 G. Emerson Farmer's & Planter's Encycl. Rural Affairs (new ed.) 713/2 The branches are long and straight, and are filled with medulla; hence the old name of the lilac, pipe-tree. 1951 Dict. Gardening (Royal Hort. Soc.) III. 1588/2 Pipe-tree. See Syringa vulgaris. 2001 Canad. Gardening (Nexis) Apr. It was also called the blue pipe tree because its pithy stalks are easily hollowed for making smoking pipes. < as lemmas |
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