| 单词 | sweet pepperbush |
| 释义 | > as lemmassweet pepperbush b. Originally North American. Any of several fragrant-flowered shrubs of the genus Clethra (family Clethraceae) of eastern North America; esp. C. alnifolia, sometimes grown as an ornamental; more fully sweet pepperbush. 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 1785 M. Cutler in Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. 1 ii. xxiv. 444 Clethra..Sweet Pepperbush. A shrub..Common in moist land and swamps. 1845 A. Wood Class-bk. Bot. ii. 233 C. alnifolia... Sweet-pepper Bush. 1895 Gardening Illustr. 27 July 310/1 The Clethras, or Pepper-bushes, are very distinct from anything else. C. alnifolia is the commonest kind. 1972 G. A. Petrides Trees & Shrubs Northeastern & North-central U.S. (ed. 2) 366 Mountain Pepperbush, Clethra acuminata. Coast Pepperbush, Clethra alnifolia. 2001 Org. Gardening May–June 31 Sweet pepperbush or summersweet (Clethra alnifolia), showy 6-inch-long clusters of white flowers. sweet pepper-bush sweet pepper-bush n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > [noun] > clethra trees clethra1779 sweet pepper-bush1814 lily-of-the-valley tree1885 sweet pepper1923 1814 O. O. Rich Synopsis Genera N. Amer. Plants 50 Clethra. Sweet Pepper-Bush. 1845 A. Wood Class-bk. Bot. ii. 233 C. alnifolia. Sweet-pepper Bush. 1901 C. T. Mohr Plant Life Alabama 652 Sweet Pepper Bush... Common in the coast plain on swampy banks of pine-barren streams. 1976 Hortus Third (L. H. Bailey Hortorium) 286/2 Sweet pepperbush... Summer to autumn. < as lemmas |
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