| 单词 | manjack tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmanjack tree Any of several West Indian trees of the genus Cordia (family Boraginaceae), characterized by mucilaginous fruit; also manjack tree. Also called clammy cherry. ΚΠ 1854 Trans. Jamaica Soc. Arts Dec. 8 Cordia macrophylla. Broad leave Cherry, or Man-jack. 1864 A. H. R. Grisebach Flora Brit. W. Indian Islands 785 Manjack, Cordia macrophylla. 1968 E. Lovelace Schoolmaster ii. 27 This morning..looking..to the manjack tree with the buds singing in its green branches..he forgot [he was a priest]. 1976 Hortus Third (L. H. Bailey Hortorium) 311/2 Cordia nitida Vahl. Red manjack. 1981 E. S. Ayensu Medicinal Plants W. Indies 59 Cordia collococca...manjack, wild clammy cherry... Mucilage from berries used for diarrhoea and dysentery. < as lemmas |
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