| 单词 | white milkwood |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhite milkwood Any of various trees having a milky sap; esp. (a) Jamaican the tree Pseudolmedia spuria (family Moraceae); (b) South African any of several trees of the family Sapotaceae, esp. (more fully white milkwood), Sideroxylon inerme, a low-growing tree bearing creamy flowers and round, purple-black fruit, and (more fully red milkwood) any of several shrubs and trees of the genus Mimusops, esp. M. obovata, M. caffra, and M. zeyheri; cf. melkhout n.; (c) Australian any of several trees of the family Apocynaceae, esp. Alstonia scholaris. Also: the wood of any of these trees. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > foliage, house, or garden plants > [noun] > other ornamental plants milkwood1696 bignonia1719 Molucca balm1731 gunnera1789 lantana1791 aubrietia1829 zebrina1846 alocasia1858 billbergia1858 prickly thrift1866 bocconia1867 prickly rhubarb1895 prayer plant1951 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [noun] > African shittima1382 citrus1555 cam-wood1699 jacaranda1753 kokerboom1774 quiver tree1789 geelhout1790 rooihout1790 yellowwood1790 mat-wood1792 assegai1793 assegai tree1793 hardpear1801 rooi els1801 argan1809 beaver-wood1810 mat tree1812 saffraan1819 salie1819 sneezewood1834 African teak1842 hyawaballi1851 sage-wood1854 mvule1858 til1858 yari-yari1858 cannibal stinkwood1859 kiaat1862 knobwood1862 milkwood1862 tryssil1862 sulphur-tree1863 khaya1864 cailcedra1866 flat-crown1868 umzimbeet1870 kuka1882 odum1887 iroko1890 opepe1891 Natal mahogany1904 muhimbi1906 obeche1906 agba1908 makoré1915 afara1920 agboin1920 abura1921 podo1922 afrormosia1923 guarea1936 Mansonia1936 dahoma1955 utile1956 the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > [noun] > melaleuca tree or shrub Melaleuca1777 paperbark1841 cajuput tree1876 milkwood1889 niaouli1943 1696 H. Sloane Catal. Plantarum in Jamaica 136 Laurifolia arbor venenata... Milk-wood. 1759 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. (ed. 7) at Bignonia Tree Milkwood, having Pods, with five Leaves,..commonly called in America, White or Milkwood, and Tulip Flower. 1815 J. Mackrill Diary 119 Milk Wood is the Sideroxylon inerme. 1833 S. Afr. Almanac & Directory 195 For Wagon-work, the following are selected:—Fellies, White Pear; Spokes, Assegai or Red Milk-wood. 1862 L. Pappe Silva Capensis (ed. 2) 24 Sideroxylon Inerme Lin. (Milk-wood; Melkhout)... Wood whitish, very hard, close, and durable. 1880 R. Rose Austral. Guide: Queensland 17 The tulip wood is one greatly admired in cabinet work, so also is the milk-wood. 1889 J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants Austral. 570 Melaleuca leucadendron... Called ‘Milkwood’ in the Northern Territory. 1907 T. R. Sim Forests & Forest Flora Cape Good Hope 252 Sideroxylon inerme. (White Milkwood). 1932 J. M. Watt & M. G. Breyer-Brandwijk Med. & Poisonous Plants S. Afr. 137 The Zulus take an infusion of the bark of Sideroxylon inerme L., White milkwood, Wit melkhout, Jakkals~bessie..to dispel bad dreams. 1951 N. L. King Tree-planting 69 Mimusops caffra (Red milkwood). A small tree. Occurs on sand dunes along the coast in eastern Cape. 1969 T. H. Everett Living Trees of World xxx. 283/2 The red milkwood of South Africa (M[imusops] obovata) grows up to 50 feet in height with a trunk up to 2 feet in diameter. 1987 T. F. J. Rensburg Introd. Fynbos 20 Trees are scarce, but white milkwood (Sideroxylon inerme) occurs as patches of low scrub in protected places. < as lemmas |
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