windflower
n . 白头翁;秋牡丹
白头翁;秋牡丹
windflower n 1 :
any woodland plant of the genus Anemone grown for its beautiful flowers and whorls of dissected leaves [
synonym :
{
anemone }, {
windflower }]
Windflower \
Wind "
flow `
er \,
n . (
Bot .)
The anemone ; --
so called because formerly supposed to open only when the wind was blowing .
See {
Anemone }.
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Wood \
Wood \,
n . [
OE .
wode ,
wude ,
AS .
wudu ,
wiodu ;
akin to OHG .
witu ,
Icel .
vi ?
r ,
Dan . &
Sw .
ved wood ,
and probably to Ir . &
Gael .
fiodh ,
W .
gwydd trees ,
shrubs .]
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1 .
A large and thick collection of trees ;
a forest or grove ;
--
frequently used in the plural .
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Light thickens ,
and the crow Makes wing to the rooky wood . --
Shak .
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2 .
The substance of trees and the like ;
the hard fibrous substance which composes the body of a tree and its branches ,
and which is covered by the bark ;
timber . "
To worship their own work in wood and stone for gods ."
--
Milton .
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3 . (
Bot .)
The fibrous material which makes up the greater part of the stems and branches of trees and shrubby plants ,
and is found to a less extent in herbaceous stems .
It consists of elongated tubular or needle -
shaped cells of various kinds ,
usually interwoven with the shinning bands called silver grain .
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Note :
Wood consists chiefly of the carbohydrates cellulose and lignin ,
which are isomeric with starch .
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4 .
Trees cut or sawed for the fire or other uses .
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{
Wood acid }, {
Wood vinegar } (
Chem .),
a complex acid liquid obtained in the dry distillation of wood ,
and containing large quantities of acetic acid ;
hence ,
specifically ,
acetic acid .
Formerly called {
pyroligneous acid }.
{
Wood anemone } (
Bot .),
a delicate flower ({
Anemone nemorosa })
of early spring ; --
also called {
windflower }.
See Illust .
of {
Anemone }.
{
Wood ant } (
Zool .),
a large ant ({
Formica rufa })
which lives in woods and forests ,
and constructs large nests .
{
Wood apple } (
Bot .).
See {
Elephant apple },
under {
Elephant }.
{
Wood baboon } (
Zool .),
the drill .
{
Wood betony }. (
Bot .)
(
a )
Same as {
Betony }.
(
b )
The common American lousewort ({
Pedicularis Canadensis }),
a low perennial herb with yellowish or purplish flowers .
{
Wood borer }. (
Zool .)
(
a )
The larva of any one of numerous species of boring beetles ,
esp .
elaters ,
longicorn beetles ,
buprestidans ,
and certain weevils .
See {
Apple borer },
under {
Apple },
and {
Pine weevil },
under {
Pine }.
(
b )
The larva of any one of various species of lepidopterous insects ,
especially of the clearwing moths ,
as the peach -
tree borer (
see under {
Peach }),
and of the goat moths .
(
c )
The larva of various species of hymenopterous of the tribe Urocerata .
See {
Tremex }.
(
d )
Any one of several bivalve shells which bore in wood ,
as the teredos ,
and species of Xylophaga .
(
e )
Any one of several species of small Crustacea ,
as the {
Limnoria },
and the boring amphipod ({
Chelura terebrans }).
{
Wood carpet },
a kind of floor covering made of thin pieces of wood secured to a flexible backing ,
as of cloth .
--
Knight .
{
Wood cell } (
Bot .),
a slender cylindrical or prismatic cell usually tapering to a point at both ends .
It is the principal constituent of woody fiber .
{
Wood choir },
the choir ,
or chorus ,
of birds in the woods .
[
Poetic ] --
Coleridge .
{
Wood coal },
charcoal ;
also ,
lignite ,
or brown coal .
{
Wood cricket } (
Zool .),
a small European cricket ({
Nemobius sylvestris }).
{
Wood culver } (
Zool .),
the wood pigeon .
{
Wood cut },
an engraving on wood ;
also ,
a print from such an engraving .
{
Wood dove } (
Zool .),
the stockdove .
{
Wood drink },
a decoction or infusion of medicinal woods .
{
Wood duck } (
Zool .)
(
a )
A very beautiful American duck ({
Aix sponsa }).
The male has a large crest ,
and its plumage is varied with green ,
purple ,
black ,
white ,
and red .
It builds its nest in trees ,
whence the name .
Called also {
bridal duck }, {
summer duck },
and {
wood widgeon }.
(
b )
The hooded merganser .
(
c )
The Australian maned goose ({
Chlamydochen jubata }).
{
Wood echo },
an echo from the wood .
{
Wood engraver }.
(
a )
An engraver on wood .
(
b ) (
Zool .)
Any of several species of small beetles whose larvae bore beneath the bark of trees ,
and excavate furrows in the wood often more or less resembling coarse engravings ;
especially , {
Xyleborus xylographus }.
{
Wood engraving }.
(
a )
The act or art engraving on wood ;
xylography .
(
b )
An engraving on wood ;
a wood cut ;
also ,
a print from such an engraving .
{
Wood fern }. (
Bot .)
See {
Shield fern },
under {
Shield }.
{
Wood fiber }.
(
a ) (
Bot .)
Fibrovascular tissue .
(
b )
Wood comminuted ,
and reduced to a powdery or dusty mass .
{
Wood fretter } (
Zool .),
any one of numerous species of beetles whose larvae bore in the wood ,
or beneath the bark ,
of trees .
{
Wood frog } (
Zool .),
a common North American frog ({
Rana sylvatica })
which lives chiefly in the woods ,
except during the breeding season .
It is drab or yellowish brown ,
with a black stripe on each side of the head .
{
Wood germander }. (
Bot .)
See under {
Germander }.
{
Wood god },
a fabled sylvan deity .
{
Wood grass }. (
Bot .)
See under {
Grass }.
{
Wood grouse }. (
Zool .)
(
a )
The capercailzie .
(
b )
The spruce partridge .
See under {
Spruce }.
{
Wood guest } (
Zool .),
the ringdove . [
Prov .
Eng .]
{
Wood hen }. (
Zool .)
(
a )
Any one of several species of Old World short -
winged rails of the genus {
Ocydromus },
including the weka and allied species .
(
b )
The American woodcock .
{
Wood hoopoe } (
Zool .),
any one of several species of Old World arboreal birds belonging to {
Irrisor }
and allied genera .
They are closely allied to the common hoopoe ,
but have a curved beak ,
and a longer tail .
{
Wood ibis } (
Zool .),
any one of several species of large ,
long -
legged ,
wading birds belonging to the genus {
Tantalus }.
The head and neck are naked or scantily covered with feathers .
The American wood ibis ({
Tantalus loculator })
is common in Florida .
{
Wood lark } (
Zool .),
a small European lark ({
Alauda arborea }),
which ,
like ,
the skylark ,
utters its notes while on the wing .
So called from its habit of perching on trees .
{
Wood laurel } (
Bot .),
a European evergreen shrub ({
Daphne Laureola }).
{
Wood leopard } (
Zool .),
a European spotted moth ({
Zeuzera aesculi })
allied to the goat moth .
Its large fleshy larva bores in the wood of the apple ,
pear ,
and other fruit trees .
{
Wood lily } (
Bot .),
the lily of the valley .
{
Wood lock } (
Naut .),
a piece of wood close fitted and sheathed with copper ,
in the throating or score of the pintle ,
to keep the rudder from rising .
{
Wood louse } (
Zool .)
(
a )
Any one of numerous species of terrestrial isopod Crustacea belonging to {
Oniscus }, {
Armadillo },
and related genera .
See {
Sow bug },
under Sow ,
and {
Pill bug },
under {
Pill }.
(
b )
Any one of several species of small ,
wingless ,
pseudoneuropterous insects of the family {
Psocidae },
which live in the crevices of walls and among old books and papers .
Some of the species are called also {
book lice },
and {
deathticks },
or {
deathwatches }.
{
Wood mite } (
Zool .),
any one of numerous small mites of the family {
Oribatidae }.
They are found chiefly in woods ,
on tree trunks and stones .
{
Wood mote }. (
Eng .
Law )
(
a )
Formerly ,
the forest court .
(
b )
The court of attachment .
{
Wood nettle }. (
Bot .)
See under {
Nettle }.
{
Wood nightshade } (
Bot .),
woody nightshade .
{
Wood nut } (
Bot .),
the filbert .
{
Wood nymph }. (
a )
A nymph inhabiting the woods ;
a fabled goddess of the woods ;
a dryad . "
The wood nymphs ,
decked with daisies trim ." --
Milton .
(
b ) (
Zool .)
Any one of several species of handsomely colored moths belonging to the genus {
Eudryas }.
The larvae are bright -
colored ,
and some of the species ,
as {
Eudryas grata },
and {
Eudryas unio },
feed on the leaves of the grapevine .
(
c ) (
Zool .)
Any one of several species of handsomely colored South American humming birds belonging to the genus {
Thalurania }.
The males are bright blue ,
or green and blue .
{
Wood offering },
wood burnt on the altar .
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We cast the lots . . .
for the wood offering . --
Neh .
x .
34 .
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{
Wood oil } (
Bot .),
a resinous oil obtained from several East Indian trees of the genus {
Dipterocarpus },
having properties similar to those of copaiba ,
and sometimes substituted for it .
It is also used for mixing paint .
See {
Gurjun }.
{
Wood opal } (
Min .),
a striped variety of coarse opal ,
having some resemblance to wood .
{
Wood paper },
paper made of wood pulp .
See {
Wood pulp },
below .
{
Wood pewee } (
Zool .),
a North American tyrant flycatcher ({
Contopus virens }).
It closely resembles the pewee ,
but is smaller .
{
Wood pie } (
Zool .),
any black and white woodpecker ,
especially the European great spotted woodpecker .
{
Wood pigeon }. (
Zool .)
(
a )
Any one of numerous species of Old World pigeons belonging to {
Palumbus }
and allied genera of the family {
Columbidae }.
(
b )
The ringdove .
{
Wood puceron } (
Zool .),
a plant louse .
{
Wood pulp } (
Technol .),
vegetable fiber obtained from the poplar and other white woods ,
and so softened by digestion with a hot solution of alkali that it can be formed into sheet paper ,
etc .
It is now produced on an immense scale .
{
Wood quail } (
Zool .),
any one of several species of East Indian crested quails belonging to {
Rollulus }
and allied genera ,
as the red -
crested wood quail ({
Rollulus roulroul }),
the male of which is bright green ,
with a long crest of red hairlike feathers .
{
Wood rabbit } (
Zool .),
the cottontail .
{
Wood rat } (
Zool .),
any one of several species of American wild rats of the genus {
Neotoma }
found in the Southern United States ; --
called also {
bush rat }.
The Florida wood rat ({
Neotoma Floridana })
is the best -
known species .
{
Wood reed grass } (
Bot .),
a tall grass ({
Cinna arundinacea })
growing in moist woods .
{
Wood reeve },
the steward or overseer of a wood . [
Eng .]
{
Wood rush } (
Bot .),
any plant of the genus {
Luzula },
differing from the true rushes of the genus {
Juncus }
chiefly in having very few seeds in each capsule .
{
Wood sage } (
Bot .),
a name given to several labiate plants of the genus {
Teucrium }.
See {
Germander }.
{
Wood screw },
a metal screw formed with a sharp thread ,
and usually with a slotted head ,
for insertion in wood .
{
Wood sheldrake } (
Zool .),
the hooded merganser .
{
Wood shock } (
Zool .),
the fisher .
See {
Fisher },
2 .
{
Wood shrike } (
Zool .),
any one of numerous species of Old World singing birds belonging to {
Grallina },
{
Collyricincla }, {
Prionops },
and allied genera ,
common in India and Australia .
They are allied to the true shrikes ,
but feed upon both insects and berries .
{
Wood snipe }. (
Zool .)
(
a )
The American woodcock .
(
b )
An Asiatic snipe ({
Gallinago nemoricola }).
{
Wood soot },
soot from burnt wood .
{
Wood sore }. (
Zool .)
See {
Cuckoo spit },
under {
Cuckoo }.
{
Wood sorrel } (
Bot .),
a plant of the genus Oxalis ({
Oxalis Acetosella }),
having an acid taste .
See Illust . (
a )
of {
Shamrock }.
{
Wood spirit }. (
Chem .)
See {
Methyl alcohol },
under {
Methyl }.
{
Wood stamp },
a carved or engraved block or stamp of wood ,
for impressing figures or colors on fabrics .
{
Wood star } (
Zool .),
any one of several species of small South American humming birds belonging to the genus {
Calothorax }.
The male has a brilliant gorget of blue ,
purple ,
and other colors .
{
Wood sucker } (
Zool .),
the yaffle .
{
Wood swallow } (
Zool .),
any one of numerous species of Old World passerine birds belonging to the genus {
Artamus }
and allied genera of the family {
Artamidae }.
They are common in the East Indies ,
Asia ,
and Australia .
In form and habits they resemble swallows ,
but in structure they resemble shrikes .
They are usually black above and white beneath .
{
Wood tapper } (
Zool .),
any woodpecker .
{
Wood tar }.
See under {
Tar }.
{
Wood thrush }, (
Zool .)
(
a )
An American thrush ({
Turdus mustelinus })
noted for the sweetness of its song .
See under {
Thrush }.
(
b )
The missel thrush .
{
Wood tick }.
See in Vocabulary .
{
Wood tin }. (
Min .).
See {
Cassiterite }.
{
Wood titmouse } (
Zool .),
the goldcgest .
{
Wood tortoise } (
Zool .),
the sculptured tortoise .
See under {
Sculptured }.
{
Wood vine } (
Bot .),
the white bryony .
{
Wood vinegar }.
See {
Wood acid },
above .
{
Wood warbler }. (
Zool .)
(
a )
Any one of numerous species of American warblers of the genus {
Dendroica }.
See {
Warbler }.
(
b )
A European warbler ({
Phylloscopus sibilatrix }); --
called also {
green wren }, {
wood wren },
and {
yellow wren }.
{
Wood worm } (
Zool .),
a larva that bores in wood ;
a wood borer .
{
Wood wren }. (
Zool .)
(
a )
The wood warbler .
(
b )
The willow warbler .
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