| 单词 | hottentot's poisonbush |
| 释义 | > as lemmasHottentot's poison-bush Hottentot's poison-bush n. (see poison-bush n. 4). Hottentot's poison-bush 4. More fully Bushman's poison-bush, Hottentot's poison-bush. Any of several shrubby plants of the southern African genus Acokanthera (family Apocynaceae), sometimes grown for ornament in warm climates, esp. A. oppositifolia, the milky sap of which was formerly used in arrow poisons. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > non-British shrubs > [noun] > African Aspalathus1601 othonne1601 honey flower1712 amber tree1719 Melianthus1731 rhinoceros bush1731 Hottentot cherry1740 sparmannia1801 renosterbos1822 ratsbane1846 black parsley1861 tail-grape1884 milk-tree1885 poison-bush1885 rooibos1893 Natal bottlebrush1907 moonflower1913 1885 A. Smith Contrib. to Materia Medica 12 Strychnos, Hottentot's poison bush... This plant is used by the natives for the cure of snake-bite, but it has many uses. 1913 C. Pettman Africanderisms 100 Bushman's or Hottentot's poison bush... this plant was used by the Bushmen in making poison for their arrows, The Kaffirs use it for the cure of snake-bites. 1973 Encycl. Southern Afr. VIII. 623/1 Poison-bush..(Acokanthera oppositifolia = A. venenata). Shrub or small tree of the family Apocynaceae, occurring in forests throughout South Africa and sometimes called Hottentot's poison-bush... The Bushmen extracted a poison from the sap for their arrows. 2002 Trav. Afr. Winter 108/1 In Southern Africa extracts of the Dune poison bush (Acokanthera oblongifolia) are put to similar use by the Kalahari Bushmen. < as lemmas |
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