Laurustinusとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

laurustinus (plural laurustinuses or laurustini)

1. Synonym of laurestine.
   • 1824, Walter Savage Landor, “Conversation II. Lord Brooke and Sir Philip Sidney.”, in Imaginary Conversations of Literary Men and Statesmen, volume I, London: […] Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC, pages 18–19:

     We, Greville, are happy in these parks and forests: we were happy in my close winter-walk of box and laurustinus and mezereon. In our earlier days did we not emboss our bosoms with the crocusses, and shake them almost unto shedding with our transports!

   • 1838, [Letitia Elizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), chapter VIII, in Duty and Inclination: […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 98:

     There it was true she had once met Melliphant; but conceiving it to be accidental, that no further intrusion would molest her, with a light foot she bounded along the winding path, where, on either side the box, the variegated holly and luxuriant laurustinus profusely clustered.