单词 | box holly |
释义 | > as lemmasbox holly box holly n. butcher's broom, Ruscus aculeatus. [After Breton beuskelen ( < beus box tree ( < French buis : see box n.1 ) + kelen holly: see hollin n.).] Chiefly as an English gloss of Breton beuskelen or Latin Ruscus, and in lists of alternative names for the plant. ΚΠ 1815 A. Rees Cycl. (1819) XXX. at Ruscus De Theis justly observes, that it was originally Bruscus, and this leads him to the Celtic name of the plant in question, Beuskelen, equivalent to Box-holly, which is certainly the best explanation that has ever fallen in our way. 1925 G. Jekyll Let. 28 Sept. in Garden Hist. 10 (1982) 160 So many of the useful evergreens, Box Holly, (Lime) trees, Bay and various Laurels do not seem to be available to you. 1998 D. Squire Healing Garden 135/2 Butcher's Broom, Ruscus aculeatus (also known as Knee Holly, Box Holly, and Jew's Myrtle), is a shrubby evergreen with pretty cherry-sized, sealing-wax-red berries. 2020 @liv_anim_mindin 3 May in twitter.com (accessed 22 July 2020) Butchers Broom, Box Holly, Ruscus aculeatus was a splendid find in woodland outside the old abandoned walled garden at Ardgowan. < as lemmas |
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