单词 | torchwood |
释义 | torchwoodn. 1. (torch-wood) Resinous wood of which torches are made. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > material for igniting > [noun] > torch or brand > material used for torchwood1601 coal brand1789 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxiv. vii. 184 As for Tæda or Torch-wood, if it be sodden in vinegre, it maketh a singular collution for to wash the teeth withall when they ake. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 685 Trees that yeeld torch-wood and pitch, as pines, cone trees, and such like. 1842 A. A. Bonar & R. M. McCheyne Narr. Mission to Jews (1843) vi. 343 The Jews [there] are much employed in gathering and selling torch-wood. 2. (torchwood) Name for several plants. a. A tree of the genus Amyris, N.O. Rutaceæ, having resinous wood, as A. sylvatica and A. balsamifera, of West Indies and Florida. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants yielding fuel or manure > [noun] > plants yielding firewood lightwood1693 lignum rhodium1693 candle-wood1712 rosewood1756 grease-wood1845 grease-bush1860 torch-tree1862 amyrisc1865 torchwood1866 candle-bush1890 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. Torchwood, Mountain, Amyris balsamifera. 1880 Libr. Universal Knowl. VI. 65 There are [in Florida] splendid flowering magnolias,..palmette, mangrove, torchwood. b. A West Indian shrub, Casearia (Thiodia) serrata, N.O. Samydaceæ. ΚΠ 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. Torchwood, Thiodia serrata. c. A species of cactus, Cereus heptagonus. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cactus and allies > [noun] > other cacti hedgehog thistle1597 Opuntia1601 mescal1709 Barbados gooseberry1756 night-flowering cereus1789 vygebosch1795 night-blooming cereus1799 rhipsalis1819 pigface1830 window plant1838 old man cactus1845 cholla1846 fish-hook cactus1846 spleenwort1846 epiphyllum1858 old man's head1858 rainbow cactus1860 green snake1864 torchwood1866 queen of the night1870 vingerpol1875 nipple cactus1876 niggerhead1877 rat's tail cactus1878 rat-tail cactus1878 Christmas cactus1880 barrel cactus1881 peyote1885 mistletoe cactus1889 schlumbergera1898 pincushion1940 opuntioid1944 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. Torchwood, Cereus heptagonus. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1601 |
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