| 单词 | arsenic plant |
| 释义 | > as lemmasarsenic plant arsenic plant n. any of several toxic or irritant plants, as (U.S.) a tropical American spurge ( Euphorbia tithymaloides); (Australian) a guinea flower ( Hibbertia bennettii) and the bloodroot ( Haemodorum coccineum). ΚΠ 1884 Bull. U.S. National Mus. No. 25. 106 Pedilanthus tithymaloides, Poit. Arsenic plant. Slipper plant. Common in gardens, notwithstanding its reputed poisonous properties. 1899 Queensland Agric. Jrnl. 4 463 (note) Hibbertia..Bennettii, Bail... Hab.: Irvinebank, F. Bennett, who states that the plant is known locally as the 'Arsenic Plant', and that it is exceptionally poisonous to stock. 1990 W. R. Elliot & D. L. Jones Encycl. Austral. Plants V. 327/1 Hibbertia bennettii Bailey (after F. Bennett) Qld Arsenic Plant 0.1-0.5m x 0.2-0.5m July-Dec Dwarf shrub, compact or spreading. 2012 C. J. Williams Med. Plants Austral. III. iii. 107/2 (caption) Flowering Bloodroot herb, also known as Arsenic Plant (Haemodorum coccineum, formerly H. corymbosum). < as lemmas |
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