英语词汇“grey nicker”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

2. Any of several trees or shrubs bearing hard round seeds; spec. (chiefly Caribbean) either of two tropical climbing shrubs of the genus Caesalpinia (family Caesalpiniaceae ( Leguminosae)) with flat spiny pods, one (in full grey nicker) with grey seeds, and the other (in full yellow nicker) with yellowish seeds; also called bonduc. Cf. earlier nicker-tree n. at Compounds.horse-nicker: see horse n. Compounds 2c.The Latin names of the grey and yellow nicker are much confused: cf. quot. 1938.

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1750 G. Hughes Nat. Hist. Barbados 195 The Horse-Nicker is a small groveling tree, growing chiefly in a loose, marly, or sandy soil.

1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 228 The Grey Nickar... The seeds are of a grey colour, and commonly used instead of marbles by all the boys.

1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 228 The yellow Nickar. This plant resembles the foregoing [sc. the Grey Nickar].., but it is not prickly.

1792 M. Riddell Voy. Madeira 90 The guilandia moringa or yellow nickar..bears a..berry like polished marble.

1938 Jrnl. Bot., Brit. & Foreign 76 180 Caesalpinia Bonduc (L.) Roxb. ..This is the Grey Nickar, a species with..leaden-grey seeds, commonly known as C. bonducella (L.) Fleming or more recently as C. Crista L...Caesalpinia major (Medic.) Dandy & Exell, comb. nov... This is the Yellow Nickar, a species with..yellow or yellowish grey seeds, usually known as C. Bonduc Roxb.

1965 E. G. B. Gooding et al. Flora Barbados 176 Caesalpinia bonduc... Grey nicker, Horse-nicker... Shrub, often scrambling by means of prickles.

1982 C. R. Bell & B. J. Taylor Florida Wild Flowers 156/2 Yellow Nicker. Caesalpinia bonduc Roxburgh... (The very similar Gray Nicker, C. crista, may not be a biologically separate species.)

单词	grey nicker
释义	> as lemmas grey nicker 2. Any of several trees or shrubs bearing hard round seeds; spec. (chiefly Caribbean) either of two tropical climbing shrubs of the genus Caesalpinia (family Caesalpiniaceae ( Leguminosae)) with flat spiny pods, one (in full grey nicker) with grey seeds, and the other (in full yellow nicker) with yellowish seeds; also called bonduc. Cf. earlier nicker-tree n. at Compounds.horse-nicker: see horse n. Compounds 2c.The Latin names of the grey and yellow nicker are much confused: cf. quot. 1938. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > non-British shrubs > [noun] > tropical > bonduc bonduc1696 nicker-tree1696 horse-nicker1750 nicker1750 1750 G. Hughes Nat. Hist. Barbados 195 The Horse-Nicker is a small groveling tree, growing chiefly in a loose, marly, or sandy soil. 1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 228 The Grey Nickar... The seeds are of a grey colour, and commonly used instead of marbles by all the boys. 1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 228 The yellow Nickar. This plant resembles the foregoing [sc. the Grey Nickar].., but it is not prickly. 1792 M. Riddell Voy. Madeira 90 The guilandia moringa or yellow nickar..bears a..berry like polished marble. 1938 Jrnl. Bot., Brit. & Foreign 76 180 Caesalpinia Bonduc (L.) Roxb. ..This is the Grey Nickar, a species with..leaden-grey seeds, commonly known as C. bonducella (L.) Fleming or more recently as C. Crista L...Caesalpinia major (Medic.) Dandy & Exell, comb. nov... This is the Yellow Nickar, a species with..yellow or yellowish grey seeds, usually known as C. Bonduc Roxb. 1965 E. G. B. Gooding et al. Flora Barbados 176 Caesalpinia bonduc... Grey nicker, Horse-nicker... Shrub, often scrambling by means of prickles. 1982 C. R. Bell & B. J. Taylor Florida Wild Flowers 156/2 Yellow Nicker. Caesalpinia bonduc Roxburgh... (The very similar Gray Nicker, C. crista, may not be a biologically separate species.) extracted from nickern.⁴ < as lemmas
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