单词 | willow-leaved pear |
释义 | > as lemmaswillow-leaved pear willow-leaved pear n. (also willow-leaved pear-tree) a tree, Pyrus salicifolia, that is related to the pear and is native to S.E. Europe and Asia Minor, bearing long narrow leaves and small fruit and often thorny. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > pear-tree perryOE pear tree1230 pearc1390 perer?a1425 warden-tree?1523 orchard pear tree1562 pyrus1567 willow-leaved pear1820 nashi1892 1820 Bot. Reg. 6 514 (heading) Willow-leaved pear-tree. 1914 W. J. Bean Trees & Shrubs Hardy in Brit. Isles II. 292 Willow-leaved Pear... Branchlets covered with down which is quite white when young. 1980 V. Canning Fall from Grace ix. 155 A carpet of silvery Cineraria maritima spread under a group of willow-leaved pears. < as lemmas |
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