| 释义 |
ilb|ɪlb|
Also ailb, elb.
[Arab.]
A spiny tree of the genus Zizyphus, esp. Z. spina-Christi, found in North Africa and the Middle East.
1894Kew Bull. 330 Zizyphus Lotus Linn. A tree 20–30 feet high. Very common in Hadramaut. Native name, ‘Ailb’. Extends through North Africa and South Europe. 1914–16E. Blatter Flora of Aden 158 Zizyphus spina Christi... Arabic name: Elb. 1940F. Stark Winter in Arabia 118 It is only because of the English peace that he can count on the safe and quiet possession of his own waterless strip of 'ilb trees and plough. 1963Times 12 Mar. 12/6 One looks out over fields of millet and barley, waving date palms and sturdy ilb trees. |
