| 单词 |
gympie |
| 释义 |
gympie Austral.|ˈgɪmpɪ|
[Native name.]
An evergreen shrub, Laportea moroides, which belongs to the nettle family, Urticaceæ, and has leaves covered with stinging hairs.
1895A. Meston Geogr. Hist. Queensland 55 Gympie. The Mary River blacks' name for the stinging tree. 1911W. R. Guilfoyle Austral. Plants 233 Laportea moroides ‘Gympie Nettle Tree’ or ‘Mulberry Nettle Tree’ (evergreen shrub, reputed poisonous and injurious to stock, 15 to 20 ft.). 1934Bulletin (Sydney) 15 Aug. 21/2 Strangely enough, the weed is nearly always found near the gympie-gympie trees, and is easily identified by its narrow curled leaves on a pink stalk. 1963W. V. Macfarlane in Keegan & Macfarlane Venomous & Poisonous Anim. Pacific i. 31 In the eastern rain forests of northern New South Wales and Queensland, L[aportea] gigas becomes a tree 30–40 m high and the Gympie bush, L. moroides, grows only 6–8 m. 1965Austral. Encycl. IV. 406/2 In 1868 the name [Nashville] was altered to Gympie, an aboriginal term for the stinging trees found in the district. |
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