| 单词 |
ngaio |
| 释义 |
ngaio
(ˈnaɪəʊ, ‖ ˈŋaiɔ)
Also 9 ngaiho.
[Maori.]
An evergreen shrub or small tree, Myoporum laetum, of the family Myoporaceæ, native to New Zealand and bearing clusters of white flowers. Also attrib.
1853J. D. Hooker Bot. Antarctic Voy.: Flora Novæ-Zelandiæ I. 205 Myoporum lætum... Nat[ive] name ‘Ngaio’, Col[enso]. (Cultivated in England.) 1861A. S. Atkinson Jrnl. 6 Mar. in Richmond–Atkinson Papers (1960) I. xii. 693 Sat down in the shade of the ngaiho's which bordered the beach. 1873Descr. Catal. Exhibits from N.Z. Vienna Exhib. 24/1 Myoporum lætum. (Ngaio). A small ornamental tree. Wood light, white, and tough. Used for gun stocks. 1876Trans. N.Z. Inst. IX. 206 A common New Zealand shrub, or tree, which may be made useful for shelter, viz. the Ngaio. 1921H. Guthrie-Smith Tutira xii. 102 In this light bush, tawa..mahoe or hinahina (Melicytus ramiflorus), ngaio (Myoporum laetum)..were the most common trees and shrubs. 1946Jrnl. Polynesian Soc. LV. 161 Fancy ngaio not being in the Dictionary; ngaio, so reminiscent of the story of Ngaio and her translation to the moon with her calabash and the ngaio tree she clung to for support and stay. 1959Listener 30 Apr. 769/2 The New Zealand ‘properties’—ngaio, bluegum, etc.—enter naturally into what he [sc. J. K. Baxter] has to say. 1966Encycl. N.Z. II. 681/2 Ngaio grows to a height of about 30 ft and is a much-branched, rounded tree. The leaves are bright green and somewhat fleshy... They are thickly studded with oil glands in which bacteria live. Flowers are small and appear as little clusters in the axils of leaves. |
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