| 单词 |
hardpeer |
| 释义 |
hardpeer S. Afr.|ˈhɑːtpɪə(r)|
Also hardepeer, and anglicized hard pear.
[Afrikaans; f. Du. hard hard + peer pear.]
A small tree of the Cape, Olinia cymosa, having hard wood; also applied to other trees (see quot. 1913).
1801J. Barrow Trav. S. Afr. I. 340 Hard peer... Uses..Sometimes in waggons. 1851Catal. Gt. Exhib. IV. i. 951 Pear (hard). 1874Lindley & Moore Treas. Bot. Suppl. s.v. Olinia, The plant grows in rocky thickets and woods at the Cape, where it is known as Hardpeer. 1880Hard Pear [see pear n. 3]. 1887C. A. Moloney Sk. Forestry W. Afr. 354 Hardpeer of the Cape..Shrub 4 to 10 feet high. 1913C. Pettman Africanderisms, Hard Pear. (1) In Natal this name is given to Pleurostylia capensis. (2) In the Cape Colony it is applied to Strychnos Henningsii. 1961Palmer & Pitman Trees S. Afr. lii. 297 Strychnos Henningsii. Hard pear, hardepeer... This tree should not be confused with the ‘hard pear’ of the Knysna forests, which is Olinia cymosa, and which belongs to a different family. |
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