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单词 water pine
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water pine
water pine n. [ < water n. + pine n.2; in sense (b) probably after Chinese shuǐsōng ( < shuǐ water (see feng shui n.) + sōng pine)] (a) a bromeliad (genus Tillandsia), among the leaves of which rainwater may collect (obsolete rare); (b) any of various coniferous trees typically growing in wet or swampy ground; spec. any member of the genus Glyptostrobus (family Cupressaceae), the only living representative of which ( G. pensilis) is now found only in parts of subtropical Asia.
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1760 Christian's Mag. 1 20 (heading) Reflexions on the Water-Pine and Water-With of Jamaica.
1818 W. Darby Emigrant's Guide Western & Southwestern States & Territories 33 (table) Loblolly, or water pine.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 537 G[lyptostrobus] heterophyllus, a small tree eight to ten feet high, is the Chinese Water Pine, planted along the margins of rice-fields near Canton.
2004 P. J. Currie et al. Feathered Dragons ii. 39 The peaty paleosols of Montana represent swamps of water pine (Glyptostrobus)..which became much more widespread during the Early Paleocene.
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