durmast oak

短语

词形变化

durmast oaks 复数 durmast oaks

别名

durmast

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A tree, Quercus petraea, the sessile oak.

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  2. 2.

    Wood of the tree.

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词源

Superficially a compound of durmast + oak, but the origin of durmast is unclear and possibly a result of scribal error. The first edition Oxford English Dictionary suggests that Thomas Martyn's dictionary for gardeners and botanists (1798) originated the word through misreading dun mast ("light-brown acorn"), an interpretation also suggested by some earlier works going back to at least 1836, although a connection to Welsh derw (“oaks”) has also been suggested.

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