| 单词 | indian mourner |
| 释义 | > as lemmasIndian mourner Indian mourner n. now rare = sad tree n. ΚΠ 1597 J. Gerard Herball iii. cxxxlviii. 1342 Of the Sorrowfull tree, or Indian Mourner... Arbor tristis, the sad or sorrowfull tree waxeth as bigge as an Oliue tree, garnished with manie goodly branches, set full of leaues like those of the Plum tree. 1635 J. Swann Speculum Mundi (ed. 2) vi. §4. 281 There is also another tree which some call the Indian mourner, or Arbore triste, the sad and sorrowfull tree. 1840 J. Taylor Topogr. & Statistics Dacca ii. 57 The sorrowful tree, or Indian Mourner, so named from the drooping withered look of the flowers during the day. 1946 A. P. Benthall Trees of Calcutta 299 Nyctanthes Arbor-tristis..night-flowering jasmine, Indian mourner, sorrowful tree. < as lemmas |
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