单词 | medicine tree |
释义 | > as lemmasmedicine tree medicine tree n. the horseradish tree, Moringa oleifera, from which poultices, ointments, and other traditional remedies are or were derived. ΚΠ 1896 Contemp. Rev. 70 383 They went along the road and found a medicine-tree, and the rabbit put..the medicine..into his bag. 1902 Webster's Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Suppl. Medicine tree, the horse-radish tree. 1992 E. Hoagland in Balancing Acts 184 Antonio led us through the woods—monkey bushes, ink plants, medicine trees—..to a cave he'd found. medicine tree medicine tree n. ΚΠ a1894 R. L. Stevenson In South Seas (1896) iv. vi. 353 On Tamaiti's medicine-tree..the model canoes are hung up ex voto for a prosperous voyage. < as lemmas |
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