英语词汇“devil's leaf”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

devil's leaf n. now rare (originally) a South-East Asian plant of the nettle family ( Urticaceae) having stinging hairs which cause intense and long-lasting pain (probably the stinging tree Dendrocnide urentissima); (in later use also) a stinging nettle (genus Urtica). [Originally after French feuille du diable (1820 in this sense; also 1766 or earlier denoting a different plant), itself after Malay daun setan (now used with reference to another different plant) < daun leaf + setan devil ( < Arabic šaytān : see shaitan n.).]

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1824 tr. J. Leschenault de la Tour in Repository of Arts 1 Feb. 108/2 Another non-descript species, which I have met with on the hills of the Island of Timor, is called Daoun Satan (Devil's leaf) [Fr. daoun setan (feuille du diable)] by the natives.

1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 94 A nettle called daoun setan, or devil's leaf, in Timor; the effects of which are said..to last for a year, and even to cause death.

1979 J. Mitchell & A. Rook Bot. Dermatol. 38/2 The skin effects of U. urentissima (Devil's Leaf) are said to last for months.

1994 Harrowsmith Apr. 26/1 Anyone acquainted with the fiery burn and itchy rash caused by brushing an arm or a leg against stinging nettles will easily recall the plant's alternative names: cursed weed and Devil's leaf.

单词	devil's leaf
释义	> as lemmas devil's leaf devil's leaf n. now rare (originally) a South-East Asian plant of the nettle family ( Urticaceae) having stinging hairs which cause intense and long-lasting pain (probably the stinging tree Dendrocnide urentissima); (in later use also) a stinging nettle (genus Urtica). [Originally after French feuille du diable (1820 in this sense; also 1766 or earlier denoting a different plant), itself after Malay daun setan (now used with reference to another different plant) < daun leaf + setan devil ( < Arabic šaytān : see shaitan n.).] ΚΠ 1824 tr. J. Leschenault de la Tour in Repository of Arts 1 Feb. 108/2 Another non-descript species, which I have met with on the hills of the Island of Timor, is called Daoun Satan (Devil's leaf) [Fr. daoun setan (feuille du diable)] by the natives. 1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 94 A nettle called daoun setan, or devil's leaf, in Timor; the effects of which are said..to last for a year, and even to cause death. 1979 J. Mitchell & A. Rook Bot. Dermatol. 38/2 The skin effects of U. urentissima (Devil's Leaf) are said to last for months. 1994 Harrowsmith Apr. 26/1 Anyone acquainted with the fiery burn and itchy rash caused by brushing an arm or a leg against stinging nettles will easily recall the plant's alternative names: cursed weed and Devil's leaf. extracted from deviln. < as lemmas
随便看	to produce the goods to proffer a candle before or to the devil to prolong one's agony to prolong the agony to promise fair to promise oneself to promise oneself something to promise the earth to promise the moon to propose a person's health to prosecute the law against to prosecute the law upon to protest for remedy of law to prove a maidenhead to prove a scienter to prove a woman's maidenhead to prove conclusions to prove fatal to prove fatal to to prove masteries to prove oneself a match for to prove out to prove practics to prove scienter to prove too much

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