| 词汇 | phoenix tree |
| 词源 | phoenix tree. Phoenix dactylifera, the date palm, is called the phoenix tree because of the ancient belief, mentioned in Shake- speare’s The Tempest, that if it burns down or falls from old age it will spring up fresher than ever from its ruins. |
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