| 单词 |
maclura |
| 释义 |
maclura|məˈkl(j)ʊərə| [mod.L. (T. Nuttall, 1818), f. the name of William Maclure (1763–1840), American geologist.] A deciduous North American tree, Maclura pomifera, of the genus so called, belonging to the family Moraceæ and bearing an inedible fruit resembling an orange; the Osage orange or bow-wood. Also attrib.
1818T. Nuttall Genera N. Amer. Plants II. 233 Maclura. (Bow-wood, Yellow-wood.) 1857Trans. Illinois Agric. Soc. II. 222 A few Maclura hedges are growing. Ibid. 302 Mr. Tisdell has two hedges of the maclura growing on his farm. 1858J. A. Warder Hedges & Evergreens 21 The division of the prairies into twenty-acre lots, by the dense hedges of maclura. Ibid. 52 The cost of the maclura hedge. |

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