单词 | white willow |
释义 | > as lemmaswhite willow white willow n. a large Eurasian willow, Salix alba, having leaves that are silvery-grey above and white beneath. [Originally after early modern German weisse wilge (1515 in the passage translated in quot. 1527, or earlier). Compare post-classical Latin salix alba (1586 or earlier; falsely attributed to the classical Latin author Pliny, who describes this variety using a paraphrase) and Hellenistic Greek ἰτέα λευκή (Theophrastus).] ΚΠ 1527 L. Andrewe tr. H. Brunschwig Vertuose Boke Distyllacyon sig. T.iii/2 The best parte and tyme of his dystyllacyon is the leues stroped of the whyte wyllowes [Ger. das laub gestreifft ab von den weissen wilgen], of the newe growen braunches. 1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum 1430 Salix arborea angustifolia alba vulgaris... Our ordinary white Willow groweth quickely to be a great and tall tree. 1785 T. Martyn in tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xxix. 455 The White Willow, which is a tree so common in watery situations. 1882 Garden 9 Sept. 227/3 The wood of the white Willow..is always in request. 2014 Times (Nexis) 25 Jan. (Weekend section) 17 Even our big white willow Salix alba has splendid catkins. < as lemmas |
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