| 单词 | devil's fig |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdevil's fig devil's fig n. (a) a prickly poppy (genus Argemone), esp. A. mexicana; †(b) a prickly pear (genus Opuntia) (obsolete rare). ΚΠ 1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Argemone This is an annual Plant, which is very common in most Parts of the West-Indies, and is by the Spaniards call'd, Fico del Inferno, or the Devil's Fig. 1808 R. Southey Lett. from Spain (ed. 3) II. xv. 38 I saw the prickly pear, or as it is called here the devil's fig. 1997 Church Times 13 June 10/5 Last autumn I was sent some seed of the Devil's fig or prickly poppy, Argemone mexicana, by friends in New Zealand. < as lemmas |
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