| 单词 | indian currant |
| 释义 | > as lemmasIndian currant Indian currant n. the coralberry, Symphoricarpos orbiculatus. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > berry-bush or -tree > [noun] > tropical American or West Indian > others cloven-berry1725 sky flower1761 Indian currant1785 turkey-berry1858 marlberry1884 marbleberry1946 1785 H. Marshall Arbustrum Americanum 82 Lonicera Symphoricarpos. Indian Currants, or St. Peter's Wort. This hath a shrubby stalk, which rises from four to five feet high. 1806 W. Clark Jrnl. 9 Aug. in Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Exped. (1993) VIII. 2867 Deep purple berry of the large Cherry of the Current Speces [sic] which is common... The engagees Call it the Indian Current. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 363 Indian C[urrent], an American name for Symphoricarpus vulgaris. 1996 Chiltern Seeds Catal. 227 Indian Currant, Coral Berry. An accommodating, easily grown, densely leafy shrub with small pink flowers, followed by an abundance of persistent coral-red berries. < as lemmas |
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