whitebeamn.

Brit.

/ˈwʌɪtbiːm/, U.S.

/ˈ(h)waɪtˌbim/

Forms: see white adj. and n. and beam n.¹

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: white adj., beam n.¹

Etymology: Apparently < white adj. + beam n.¹, with reference to the white undersides of the tree's leaves. Compare earlier whitten n., and perhaps also earlier quickbeam n.The following earlier quots. may show similar formations, although in each case the identity of the tree in question is uncertain and the semantic motivation unclear:a1300 Trilingual Gloss. (Sloane) in Eng. Stud. (1989) 70 297 Catona, witbeam.1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Whyte beane [sic; 1577 whytebeame] tree. Tamarix, Tamariscus.In quot. a1300 the English word is used to gloss post-classical Latin catona in uncertain sense (probably ‘quince’), which may be either a variant of, or a transmission error for, coctanum quince (see coyn n.). In quot. 1552 the English word glosses classical Latin tamarix tamarisk n.; compare quot. 1587 at quickbeam n. Compounds.

A small deciduous tree of temperate Eurasia, Sorbus aria (family Rosaceae), having large leaves with silky white hairs on the underside and bearing flat corymbs of white flowers succeeded by scarlet berries (also common whitebeam). Also (frequently with distinguishing word): any of a number of similar trees of the genus Sorbus, including apomictic species or microspecies thought to have arisen locally by hybridization of the common whitebeam with the rowan, service, and wild service trees. Frequently attributive, esp. in whitebeam tree.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > whitebeam > [noun]

whitebeam1633

whip-beam1733

beam-tree1800

hoar withy1879

service-berry1890

1633 T. Johnson Gerard's Herball (new ed.) iii. xxiv. 1327 In some places of this kingdome they call it [sc. the Aria of Theophrastus] a white Beame tree.

1705 S. Dale Pharmacologiæ: Suppl. Index The White-Beam-Tree, Aria.

1772 Philos. Trans. 1771 (Royal Soc.) 61 388 Of all soils this is the most favourable to beech, white-beam, [etc.].

1800 J. E. Smith Eng. Flora (1828) II. 366 Pyrus Aria, White Beam-tree, White Wild Pear-tree.

1863 C. Kingsley Water-babies ii. 48 Whitebeam with its great silver-backed leaves.

1907 Country Life 12 Jan. 45/1 The species of pyrus described at length are the true service, the wild service,..the Swedish whitebeam, the bastard mountain ash and the whitebeam.

1979 I. Opie Jrnl. 26 Sept. in People in Playground (1993) 163 The first fallen whitebeam leaves began somersaulting towards the fence and escaping through the mesh.

2010 National Trust Mag. Summer 8/3 Three new species of whitebeam tree have been discovered at Cheddar Gorge in Somerset.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	whitebeam
释义	whitebeamn. Brit. /ˈwʌɪtbiːm/, U.S. /ˈ(h)waɪtˌbim/ Forms: see white adj. and n. and beam n.¹ Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: white adj., beam n.¹ Etymology: Apparently < white adj. + beam n.¹, with reference to the white undersides of the tree's leaves. Compare earlier whitten n., and perhaps also earlier quickbeam n.The following earlier quots. may show similar formations, although in each case the identity of the tree in question is uncertain and the semantic motivation unclear:a1300 Trilingual Gloss. (Sloane) in Eng. Stud. (1989) 70 297 Catona, witbeam.1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Whyte beane [sic; 1577 whytebeame] tree. Tamarix, Tamariscus.In quot. a1300 the English word is used to gloss post-classical Latin catona in uncertain sense (probably ‘quince’), which may be either a variant of, or a transmission error for, coctanum quince (see coyn n.). In quot. 1552 the English word glosses classical Latin tamarix tamarisk n.; compare quot. 1587 at quickbeam n. Compounds. A small deciduous tree of temperate Eurasia, Sorbus aria (family Rosaceae), having large leaves with silky white hairs on the underside and bearing flat corymbs of white flowers succeeded by scarlet berries (also common whitebeam). Also (frequently with distinguishing word): any of a number of similar trees of the genus Sorbus, including apomictic species or microspecies thought to have arisen locally by hybridization of the common whitebeam with the rowan, service, and wild service trees. Frequently attributive, esp. in whitebeam tree. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > whitebeam > [noun] whitebeam1633 whip-beam1733 beam-tree1800 hoar withy1879 service-berry1890 1633 T. Johnson Gerard's Herball (new ed.) iii. xxiv. 1327 In some places of this kingdome they call it [sc. the Aria of Theophrastus] a white Beame tree. 1705 S. Dale Pharmacologiæ: Suppl. Index The White-Beam-Tree, Aria. 1772 Philos. Trans. 1771 (Royal Soc.) 61 388 Of all soils this is the most favourable to beech, white-beam, [etc.]. 1800 J. E. Smith Eng. Flora (1828) II. 366 Pyrus Aria, White Beam-tree, White Wild Pear-tree. 1863 C. Kingsley Water-babies ii. 48 Whitebeam with its great silver-backed leaves. 1907 Country Life 12 Jan. 45/1 The species of pyrus described at length are the true service, the wild service,..the Swedish whitebeam, the bastard mountain ash and the whitebeam. 1979 I. Opie Jrnl. 26 Sept. in People in Playground (1993) 163 The first fallen whitebeam leaves began somersaulting towards the fence and escaping through the mesh. 2010 National Trust Mag. Summer 8/3 Three new species of whitebeam tree have been discovered at Cheddar Gorge in Somerset. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1633
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