| 单词 | lucky nut |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslucky nut lucky nut n. a nut or other seed thought to bring luck; esp. †(a) a hazelnut with two or three kernels (obsolete); (b) (originally Caribbean) the seed of the yellow oleander, Thevetia peruviana, or the plant itself. ΚΠ 1871 D. M. M. Craik Little Sunshine's Holiday vi. 107 A triple nut—a ‘lucky’ nut; as great a rarity as a four-leaved shamrock. 1893 Jrnl. Northamptonshire Nat. Hist. Soc. & Field Club Sept. 262 Occasionally two, or more rarely three kernels arrive at maturity, within the shell, these constitute the ‘lucky nuts’, the fortunate discoverer of which, it is said, is sure to have good luck. 1920 N. L. Britton & C. F. Millspaugh Bahama Flora 338 Cerbera Thevetia... Lucky-nut. 1951 E. P. Hume Some Ornamental Shrubs Tropics 135 The lucky nut is planted for ornament in the West Indies and to a lesser extent in other tropical regions. 2012 Tampa Bay (Florida) Times (Nexis) 9 Sept. h4 Like the oleander, plant parts are toxic, so don't eat the not so ‘lucky nuts’. < as lemmas |
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