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

2. In full gris-gris tree. (a) the black olive tree, Bucida buceras, which is native to the Caribbean and tropical regions of the Americas; †(b) the ordeal tree, Erythrophleum suaveolens, which is native to Africa and has been used in a form of trial by ordeal (obsolete).

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1734 G. H. Nissen Court Deposition 9 May in R. H. Low & R. Valls St. John Backtime (1985) 11/3 They..murdered a Levango Negro belonging to Castan, at the Company plantage under the gri-gri tree.

1807 J. Corry Observ. Windward Coast Afr. vii. 71 Trial by red water consists in making the accused drink a quantity of water, into which is infused the poisonous juice of the melley or gris-gris tree.

1928 H. C. Stevens tr. F. Ossendowski Slaves of Sun viii. 108 I must give first place to the powerful poison made from the bark of the ‘teli’ or ‘gre-gre’ tree (Erythrophleum guineense).

1981 L. Valls What a Pistarckle! 52/1 Gri-gri, tree (Bucida buceras). Grows near sea. In old days was used to make ox carts.

2000 S. Harvey Dominican Republic: Rough Guide ii. 320 On other parts of the Dominican coast you'll see lots of..the swamp-dwelling gri gri that are remarkably resistant to tropical storms.

单词	gris-gris tree
释义	> as lemmas gris-gris tree 2. In full gris-gris tree. (a) the black olive tree, Bucida buceras, which is native to the Caribbean and tropical regions of the Americas; †(b) the ordeal tree, Erythrophleum suaveolens, which is native to Africa and has been used in a form of trial by ordeal (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants yielding poison > [noun] > trees or shrubs yielding poison > sassy-tree gris-gris1734 redwater tree1818 sassy tree1851 1734 G. H. Nissen Court Deposition 9 May in R. H. Low & R. Valls St. John Backtime (1985) 11/3 They..murdered a Levango Negro belonging to Castan, at the Company plantage under the gri-gri tree. 1807 J. Corry Observ. Windward Coast Afr. vii. 71 Trial by red water consists in making the accused drink a quantity of water, into which is infused the poisonous juice of the melley or gris-gris tree. 1928 H. C. Stevens tr. F. Ossendowski Slaves of Sun viii. 108 I must give first place to the powerful poison made from the bark of the ‘teli’ or ‘gre-gre’ tree (Erythrophleum guineense). 1981 L. Valls What a Pistarckle! 52/1 Gri-gri, tree (Bucida buceras). Grows near sea. In old days was used to make ox carts. 2000 S. Harvey Dominican Republic: Rough Guide ii. 320 On other parts of the Dominican coast you'll see lots of..the swamp-dwelling gri gri that are remarkably resistant to tropical storms. extracted from gris-grisn. < as lemmas
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