英语词汇“matchbox bean”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

matchbox bean n. Australian any of the large, shiny, dark brown seeds of the vine Entada phaseoloides (family Mimosaceae ( Leguminosae)), native to the Old World tropics, which are sometimes carved into matchboxes; (also) the long pod in which these seeds are borne, or the vine itself.

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1898 E. E. Morris Austral Eng. 289/2 Match-box Bean, another name for the ripe hard seed of the Queensland bean.

1917 Bulletin (Sydney) 7 June 22/4 The bucks went into the surrounding scrubs and gathered matchbox beans..and clothes-line props.

1948 H. A. Lindsay Bushman's Handbk. 93 The matchbox bean is a vine carrying pods about two feet long, containing large brown seeds.

1969 R. Lawrence Aboriginal Habitat & Econ. 166 The preparation of the Matchbox Bean was evidently so arduous..that it was regarded more as a stand-by than a staple.

单词	matchbox bean
释义	> as lemmas matchbox bean matchbox bean n. Australian any of the large, shiny, dark brown seeds of the vine Entada phaseoloides (family Mimosaceae ( Leguminosae)), native to the Old World tropics, which are sometimes carved into matchboxes; (also) the long pod in which these seeds are borne, or the vine itself. ΚΠ 1898 E. E. Morris Austral Eng. 289/2 Match-box Bean, another name for the ripe hard seed of the Queensland bean. 1917 Bulletin (Sydney) 7 June 22/4 The bucks went into the surrounding scrubs and gathered matchbox beans..and clothes-line props. 1948 H. A. Lindsay Bushman's Handbk. 93 The matchbox bean is a vine carrying pods about two feet long, containing large brown seeds. 1969 R. Lawrence Aboriginal Habitat & Econ. 166 The preparation of the Matchbox Bean was evidently so arduous..that it was regarded more as a stand-by than a staple. extracted from matchboxn. < as lemmas
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