单词 | witchen tree |
释义 | > as lemmaswitchen tree witchen tree n. (a) the rowan (or mountain ash), Sorbus aucuparia (now rare); †(b) the wych elm, Ulmus glabra (obsolete rare). ΚΠ 1670 J. Evelyn Sylva (ed. 2) vi. 40 There is a dwarfe sort in France (if in truth it be not, as I suspect, our Witchen-tree) whose Berries feed the poor People, in scarce years. 1856 E. Lees Pictures Nature xii. 302 Witch-hazels, called Witchens, or Witchen-trees,..stand like horrid sentinels on the margins of the woods and coppices that mantle the Silurian strata. 1861 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. II. 262 Pyrus aucuparia (Mountain Ash)..This tree has also the old names of Quicken-tree..and Witchen-tree. 1973 Sunday Tel. 28 Oct. 11/1 It was with branches of this witchen tree that places into which persons and cows were herded always remained garnished. < as lemmas |
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