| 单词 | wych tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswych tree wych tree n. the wych elm, Ulmus glabra; (also) the rowan or mountain ash, Sorbus aucuparia.Now only in lists of alternative names for these trees. ΚΠ 1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. G.viijv Vlmus is called..in englishe an Elme tree, or a Wich tree. 1681 T. Langford Plain Instr. Fruit-trees vi. 37 Lay the cut part of the Cyen on the cut part of the Stock, and bind it on with course Woollen-yarn, Basses, or the inward peeling of the Witch-tree. 1891 H. Speight Through Airedale 288 In Autumn the scarlet berries of the rowan or witch-tree contrasting beautifully with the white foam, renders the scene exceedingly attractive. 1913 H. B. Watt in Hampstead Heath: Geol. & Nat. Hist. (Hampstead Sci. Soc.) v. 129 Camperdown elms, the weeping or pendulous form of the wych-tree, grow in several places. 1955 G. Grigson Englishman's Flora (1996) 241 Switch-elm, Yks; witan elm, Shrop; wych halse, Corn, Som; wych-tree, Som; wych-hazel, Dev, Som, Wilts, Worc, Ches. < as lemmas |
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