单词 | nettle tree |
释义 | nettle tree (once / 407563 pages) n WORD FAMILY nettle tree: nettle trees USAGE EXAMPLESThe European nettle tree is supposed to have been the famous "lotus" of classical literature. Rogers, Julia Ellen, Trees Worth Knowing(2011) Then there were crackers, and fireworks, and coloured lanterns all over the nettle trees. Daudet, Alphonse, Letters from my Windmill(2010) In the former place the forked branches of the Celtis australis or nettle tree, Ulmaceæ, afford a most profitable occupation. Betham-Edwards, Matilda, In the Heart of the Vosges—And Oth...(2010) n any of various trees of the genus Celtis having inconspicuous flowers and small berrylike fruits Syn|Hypo|Hyper hackberry Celtis australis, European hackberry, Mediterranean hackberry bright green deciduous shade tree of southern Europe American hackberry, Celtis occidentalislarge deciduous shade tree of southern United States with small deep purple berries Celtis laevigata, sugarberrydeciduous shade tree with small black berries; southern United States; yields soft yellowish wood tree a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms |
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