| 单词 | cockspur tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmascockspur tree cockspur tree n. any of several shrubs or small trees having long sharp thorns; spec. a North American hawthorn (see sense 3a) and the tropical shrub Pisonia aculeata (see sense 3b). ΚΠ 1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis ii. i. 182 A Tree, by some called The Cock-spur Tree. Perhaps more properly, Oxyacantha Americana, or the American hawthorne... Encompassed with great Thornes..about 1 ½ inch,..of the thickness of a large Cocks-Spur, and very strait. a1726 H. Barham Hortus Americanus (1794) 114 Its prickles are short and crooked, as the cockspur-tree is. 1885 W. R. Kennedy Sport, Trav., & Adventure Newfoundland & W. Indies xvi. 371 Catalina is covered with a villanous plant, called the cockspur-tree, on account of the terrible spurs or thorns with which it is armed. 1917 Kingston (Jamaica) Gleaner 20 Oct. 14/3 Bryan Lindo came to his father's place and tied his donkey on a cockspur tree. 2016 J. Rensten Edible City 243 Then, turning a corner, a cockspur tree, which I'd been unconsciously looking for. < as lemmas |
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