| 单词 | toyon bush |
| 释义 | > as lemmastoyon bush An evergreen shrub or small tree native to California, Heteromeles arbutifolia (family Rosaceae), found in dry scrub, heath, and woodland habitats, and bearing toothed leaves, small white flowers, and round red fruits. Also in toyon bush, toyon tree. Also called California holly. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > berry-bush or -tree > [noun] > holly bush > types of French oak1597 free holly1610 gallberry1709 gall-bush1728 milkmaid1731 winterberry1752 mountain holly1805 mountain holly1818 toyon1847 Minorca holly1853 mountain holly1901 inkberry weed- 1847 T. Hartweg in Jrnl. Hort. Soc. 2 190 The sand-hills that surround the town..are but thinly covered with brushwood of oak (Quercus californica, Ceanothus thyrsiflorus, Rhus, ‘Toyon’, Prunus No. 102, and Baccharis No. 123). 1876 W. H. Brewer et al. Botany (Geol. Surv. Calif.) I. 188 Heteromeles arbutifolia, Toyon or Tollon. 1883 A. Kellogg Forest Trees Calif. (App. to 2nd Rep. State Mineralogist Calif.) 9 Few denizens of the wild woods possess greater interest than the Toyon tree, or Laurel Hawthorn. 1932 Farmers' Bull. (U.S. Dept. Agric.) No. 1693. 21 The Christmasberry, or toyon, which grows abundantly on the wild lands of the foothill region in California, is harvested in large quantities at Christmas time. 1953 J. S. Rowley in A. C. Bent Life N. Amer. Wood Warblers (Bull. U.S. National Mus. No. 203) 103 The usual nesting site here seems to be in a small toyon bush, rather well concealed, but not over 2 to 3 feet from the ground. 2012 M. G. Schmidt & K. L. Greenberg Growing Calif. Native Plants (ed. 2) 108 Toyon is mostly a dense shrub, but it tends to be rangy in wooded areas. < as lemmas |
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