| 单词 | canoewood |
| 释义 | > as lemmascanoewood canoewood n. U.S. the tulip tree Liriodendron tulipifera, the trunk of which was traditionally used by indigenous peoples of eastern North America to make dugout canoes (also more fully canoe wood tree).Chiefly in lists of alternative names for the tree. [Compare early modern Dutch kano-hout (1650 with reference to the east coast of North America, rare).] ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > North American trees or shrubs > [noun] > tulip-tree or flowers poplar1700 tulip-tree1705 tulip1759 yellow poplar1759 canoewood1762 liriodendron1802 white poplar1814 saddle leaf1820 saddle-tree1843 tulip poplar1869 1762 J. F. Gronovius & L. T. Gronovius Flora Virginica (new ed.) 83 Liriodendrum... White-wood & Canoe-wood-tree. 1843 Penny Cycl. XXV. 341/2 Tulip-tree..in America, where it is native, it is also known by the names White wood, Canoe wood, Saddle-tree, [etc.]. 1900 H. L. Keeler Our Native Trees 16 The Indians so habitually made their dugout canoes of its trunk that the early settlers of the west called it canoewood. 2014 S. Ausherman 60 Hikes within 60 Miles: Cincinnati (ed. 2) 154 As the trail exits the bend, look for tulip poplar trees, also known as yellow poplar, tulip, canoewood, popple, and whitewood. < as lemmas |
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