单词 | tree houseleek |
释义 | > as lemmastree houseleek tree houseleek n. a succulent plant, Aeonium arboreum (family Crassulaceae), with a basal rosette of leaves and clusters of yellow flowers. ΚΠ 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Ioubarbe arborée, Tree Housleeke..Ioubarbe marine, Sea Housleek, Sea Aygreen, hearb Aloes. 1756 J. Hill Brit. Herbal 41/1 This is not impropely distinguished by the name of tree houseleek. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 23/2 Æonium arboreum is well known to gardeners as the tree houseleek; its loose panicles, with a profusion of clammy yellow blossoms, are very elegant. 2002 Gardening Containers (Taunton Press) 153 Aeonium arboreum ‘Schwarzkopf’ (black tree houseleek). < as lemmas |
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