| 单词 | devil's cotton |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdevil's cotton devil's cotton n. a tropical Asian shrub, Abroma augusta (family Malvaceae), the bark of which is a source of coarse fibre. [Apparently so called because the cotton-like hairs covering the seed cause irritation.] ΚΠ 1861 N. A. Dalzell & A. Gibson Bombay Flora 10 Devil's Cotton; a shrub, with soft velvetty branches. 1890 Amer. Notes & Queries 20 Sept. 243/2 Devil's cotton is an East Indian tree. 2008 Nat. Liberty (Sage-Femme Collective) 297 Abroma radix..is derived from the fresh juice of the root back of the tropical Asian plant Abroma augusta with the common names olat kambal or devil's cotton. < as lemmas |
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