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Definition of Looking glass tree
1. Noun. Large evergreen tree of India and Burma whose leaves are silvery beneath.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Looking Glass Tree
Literary usage of Looking glass tree
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium by United States National Herbarium, United States National Museum (1905)
"It is a widely distributed species in the eastern Tropics. Heritiera littoralis.
LOOKING-GLASS TREE. PLATE LII. Family Sterculiaceae. LOCAL NAMES. ..."
2. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases and Usages with by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"... the Sundri of India and the Looking-glass Tree of English gardeners. The name
Milky Mangrove is given, in Australia, ..."
3. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1915)
"Called "looking- glass tree," from the shining under-surface of the Ivs. H.
littoralis, Dry. Moderate-sized tree: Ivs. oblong, acute, 3-8 in. long: ..."
4. The Trees of Old England: Sketches of the Aspects, Associations, and Uses of by Leo Hartley Grindon (1868)
"... and there are many glorious trees of silvered foliage, the Heritiera or
looking-glass tree for example, which stand on a par with it as regards gloss, ..."
5. Wood: A Manual of the Natural History and Industrial Applications of the by George Simonds Boulger (1908)
"It is the " Bois de Table " of the Seychelles and the " Looking-glass-tree" of
English gardeners. It yields timber 30 ft. long and 2 ft. in diam. ..."
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