| 单词 | jack-in-the-box tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmasjack-in-the-box tree a. Originally Jamaican. More fully jack-in-the-box tree. Any of the evergreen broad-leaved trees of the pantropical genus Hernandia (family Hernandiaceae), the members of which have panicles of greenish-yellow flowers and a hard, nut-like fruit contained within a hollow covering layer (involucel). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > South American and West Indian trees or shrubs > [noun] > others persea1601 mahoe1666 poison berry1672 white mangrove1683 maiden plum1696 angelin1704 garlic-pear1725 milkwood-tree1725 Jack-in-the-box1735 cherimoya1736 rattle bush1750 galapee1756 genip1756 lace bark1756 sunfruit1787 wild orange1802 hog-nut1814 mountain pride1814 savannah wattle1814 mora1825 rubber tree1826 mayflower1837 bastard manchineel1838 long john1838 seringa1847 sack tree1849 jumbie tree1860 jumbie bean1862 king-tree1863 gauze-tree1864 mountain green1864 snowdrop tree1864 strong bark1864 switch-sorrel1864 candle-tree1866 maypole1866 angelique1873 poisonwood1884 porkwood1884 1735 P. Miller Appendix to Gardeners Dict. at Hernandia Hernandia with a large, umbilicated, Ivy Leaf, commonly called in the West-Indies, Jack in a Box. 1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 373 Jack-in-a-Box... The cups that sustain..the nuts are very large, and as they move in the wind, keep a whistling noise, which is often frightful to unwary travellers. 1819 A. Rees Cycl. XVII. at Hernandia The whistling hernandia..in the West Indies is frequently denominated the Jack-in-a-box tree. 1902 Agric. News 25 Apr. 7/2 ‘Jack-in-the-box’ is not a native of the West Indies, but of the East Indies and the Pacific Islands. 2006 I. J. Taafaki et al. Trad. Med. Marshall Islands 209 Hernandia nymphaeifolia..lantern tree, jack in-the-box tree. < as lemmas |
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