picea
トウヒ属の木
解説 Definition
トウヒ属（とうひぞく）、シトカトウヒやヨーロッパトウヒなどの樹木を含む植物の属。
The botanical genus comprising the spruces, evergreen coniferous trees with needle-like leaves and typically hanging cones. Species of Picea occur mainly in cool and northern regions, and many are important sources of timber, pulp, resin, and ornamental trees.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
Picea は植物の属名なので通常大文字・イタリック相当で扱い、spruce「トウヒ」の学名側の語と覚える。Picea trees、species of Picea、needle-like leaves の組み合わせが典型。ラテン語 pix「樹脂・ピッチ」と結び付け、樹脂を出す寒冷地の針葉樹を思い浮かべる。
Treat Picea as a botanical genus name and normally capitalize it. Its everyday English counterpart is spruce. Picture a cold-climate evergreen with sharp, needle-like leaves, hanging cones, and resinous wood; that image captures the genus. Useful patterns are Picea species, trees of the genus Picea, and many species of Picea. The historical connection with Latin words for pitch or resin provides a factual memory link: these conifers produce resin. Do not use Picea as the ordinary name of one particular spruce species without further identification.
例文
Picea is a genus of coniferous trees known for their needle-like leaves.
ピセア属は針葉樹の属で、針のような葉で知られている。
Many species of Picea are used in timber production.
ピセア属の多くの種は材木生産に使用される。
Picea trees thrive in cold climates.
ピセア属は寒冷気候で繁茂する。
picea の類義語・関連語
picea の語源・成り立ち Etymology
picea は植物学の新ラテン語だが、もとはラテン語 picea「松やトウヒの一種」に由来し、さらに pix「ピッチ・樹脂」につながる。樹脂を多く出す針葉樹の名だったため、「樹脂の木」という感覚からトウヒ属を表す語になった。関連語は piceous, pitch。
Picea is the New Latin botanical genus name for spruces. It continues Latin picea, a term for a resinous pine or spruce-like tree, and is related to Latin pix, meaning pitch or resin. The name therefore reflects a conspicuous property of these conifers: their production of resin. English pitch and the technical adjective piceous belong to the same broader word family, although their modern meanings differ.
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