单词 | turkey-bush |
释义 | > as lemmasturkey-bush turkey-bush n. an evergreen shrub, Myoporum deserti, native to Australia and bearing white flowers followed by purple berries. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > Australasian trees > [noun] > other Australasian trees or shrubs burrawang1826 water gum1826 kaikomako1832 karaka1834 kawa-kawa1838 peppermint1838 bottle tree1844 ngaio1849 Grevillea1853 red birch1853 wooden pear1860 muskwood1866 sugar-tree1866 tulip-tree1866 hop-bush1883 mock orange1884 mountain beech1884 sage tree1884 tile-seed1884 mutton-bird scrub1889 red birch1889 silver-tree1889 whalebone-tree1889 budda1890 camphor laurel1894 pepperbush1895 mustard bush1898 willow myrtle1898 pigeon wood1899 horizontal scrub1909 turkey-bush1911 pandani1923 mock orange1929 1911 W. R. Guilfoyle Austral. Plants 265 ‘Turkey-bush’..evergreen shrub..reputed poisonous and injurious to stock. 1936 F. Clune Roaming round Darling xvii. 163 Shrubs..mingled with turkey-bush flower—white and small, having five petals to each bloom, like an English daisy. 1965 Austral. Encycl. IX. 59/2 Turkey-bush, one of several names applied to the inland shrub Myoporum deserti because wild turkeys or native bustards have been observed to eat the berried fruits. < as lemmas |
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