| 单词 |
terminalia |
| 释义 |
terminalia|tɜːmɪˈneɪlɪə| [mod.L. (Linnæus Mantissa Plantarum (1767) I. 21), f. L. termināl-is terminal a. + -ia2.] An evergreen tree of the large genus of this name, belonging to the family Combretaceæ, native to tropical or sub-tropical regions, having leaves clustered at the end of branches, and often producing a valuable timber. Also attrib.
1830Curtis's Bot. Mag. LVII. 3004 (heading) Broad Downy-leaved Terminalia. 1926Chambers's Jrnl. June 411/2 He halted the elephant under one of the Terminalia trees. 1964C. Willock Enormous Zoo iii. 39 The elephants had taken a liking to terminalia bark. 1973Times 20 Sept. 8/3 David Dibnah,..convicted of wilfully destroying a flowering terminalia tree, has been ordered by a magistrate to plant another. |

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