单词 | tasmanian cranberry |
释义 | > as lemmasTasmanian cranberry Tasmanian cranberry n. Astroloma humifusum (family Epacridaceæ).extracted from cranberryn.Tasmanian cranberry Of or pertaining to Tasmania in Australasia. In names of animals, plants, etc., native to Tasmania, as Tasmanian devil (see devil n. 6), Tasmanian wolf (see wolf n.). Also Tasmanian cranberry, Tasmanian currant, Tasmanian honeysuckle, Tasmanian ironwood, etc.: see the nouns. Tasmanian pepper n. = pepper tree n. 1, Tasmannia aromatica (Miller Plant-n.); also Victorian pepper. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Australasia > [adjective] > Australia > Tasmania Tasmanian1851 1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. IV. 998/3 Many Tasmanian plants bloom throughout the winter months. 1874 M. Clarke His Nat. Life ii. v. 104 ‘And what books do you read?’.. ‘“Blair's Sermons,” and “The Tasmanian Almanack”.’ 1920 Glasgow Herald 23 July 6 He..attended the royal meeting of the Tasmanian Racing Club in the afternoon. 1964 W. L. Goodman Hist. Woodworking Tools 157 The Sanderson Brothers & Newbould catalogue has a variation of this called the ‘Tasmanian’ tooth. 1975 Listener 7 Aug. 172 The remnants of the four Tasmanian tribes, the last of the 5,000 Tasmanians who were there when the Europeans landed. < as lemmas |
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