英语词汇“undershrub”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

undershrub

释义

ˈundershrub
[under-¹ 5 d.]
A small or low-growing shrub; spec. in Bot., a plant having a shrubby base. (Cf. subshrub.)
1598Florio, Soffrutice, any maner of vndershrub.1633Ford 'Tis Pity v. iii, If I must totter like a well-growne Oake, Some vnder shrubs shall in my weighty fall Be crusht to splitts.1658Rowland tr. Moufet's Theat. Ins. 1086 Indeed every shrub and under-shrub is eaten by Worms.1718Ozell tr. Tournefort's Voy. I. 173 The Stalk..is full of Branches from the very bottom, ligneous, and comes to be an Under-Shrub.1731Miller Gard. Dict. s.v. Abrotanum, It is used in Gardens as an Under-shrub.1794G. Adams Nat. & Exp. Philos. I. x. 429 At last the under-shrubs and trees put forth in their order.1830Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 57 Halorageæ... Herbaceous plants or under-shrubs, often growing in wet places.1897J. E. Willis Flower. Pl. & F. I. 165 Such low-growing shrubby plants as heather..are termed undershrubs.
Hence ˈunderˌshrubby a. (Cf. subshrubby.)
1777S. Robson Brit. Flora 117 Wild-thyme Cistus. Stem undershrubby, leaves oblong.1786Abercrombie Gard. Assist. 189 The young side shoots of under-shrubby evergreens.

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