| 单词 | butterbush |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbutterbush butterbush n. (a) U.S. the buttonbush, Cephalanthus occidentalis; (b) Australian any of several pittosporums native to Australia; spec. Pittosporum phillyraeoides, which has hard, pale timber, yellow flowers, and orange fruit with dark red seeds; cf. cheesewood n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [noun] > Australasian tallow-tree1704 rata1773 rosewood1779 red mahogany1798 ironbark1799 wild orange1802 red gum1803 rewarewa1817 red cedar1818 black-butted gum1820 Huon pine1820 miro1820 oak1821 horoeka1831 hinau1832 maire1832 totara1832 blackbutt1833 marri1833 raspberry jam tree1833 kohekohe1835 puriri1835 tawa1839 hickory1840 whau1840 pukatea1841 titoki1842 butterbush1843 iron gum1844 York gum1846 mangeao1848 myall1848 ironheart1859 lilly-pilly1860 belah1862 flindosa1862 jarrah1866 silky oak1866 teak of New South Wales1866 Tolosa-wood1866 turmeric-tree1866 walking-stick palm1869 tooart1870 queenwood1873 tarairi1873 boree1878 yate1880 axe-breaker1884 bangalay1884 coachwood1884 cudgerie1884 feather-wood1884 forest mahogany1884 maiden's blush1884 swamp mahogany1884 tallow-wood1884 teak of New Zealand1884 wandoo1884 heartwood1885 ivorywood1887 Jimmy Low1887 Burdekin plum1889 corkwood1889 pigeon-berry ash1889 red beech1889 silver beech1889 turnip-wood1891 black bean1895 red bean1895 pinkwood1898 poplar1898 rose mahogany1898 quandong1908 lancewood1910 New Zealand honeysuckle1910 Queensland walnut1919 mahogany gum1944 Australian mahogany1948 1843 J. Torrey Flora State N.Y. I. 313 (heading) Cephalanthus occidentalis, Linn. Butter-bush, or Pond-Dogwood. 1885 J. E. Brown Forest Flora S. Austral. v. 25 Pittosporum phillyræoides (De Candolle). The Poison-Berry Tree... In the far north,..it is called ‘Butter Bush’. 1936 I. L. Idriess Cattle King xxviii. 252 The rabbits had killed all the white wood, apple-bush and butter-bush. 1978 Phosphate Leasing Osceola National Forest Florida: Final Environmental Impact Statement (U.S. Dept. Interior) ii. 51/2 Under story—greenbriar, Virginia willow, sweet pepperbush, butter bush and large gallberry. 2011 Austral. Financial News (Nexis) 11 June 52 The butterbush—a native pittosporum—is extremely drought and frost tolerant but can become a pest in protected and tropical areas. < as lemmas |
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