单词 | mexican tea |
释义 | > as lemmasMexican tea Mexican tea n. (a) a strongly scented tropical American goosefoot, Chenopodium ambrosioides, used esp. in Mexico and the United States to make a refreshing or medicinal drink; (b) any of several other plants of South America or the south-western United States from which beverages or tonics can be made. ΚΠ 1787 J. D. Schöpf Materia Med. Amer. 31 Chenopodium ambrosioides... Mexican tea. 1836 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Plants (rev. ed.) 638 Psoralea glandulosa, Mexican tea. 1901 C. T. Mohr Plant Life Alabama 488 Mexican tea..Carolinian and Louisianan areas. 1944 Bull. Alabama Geol. Surv. No. 53. 96 Mexican tea..prefers rich soil near houses and barns. 1994 M. Griffiths Index Garden Plants 745/1 Mexican Tea, Chenopodium ambrosioides. Mexican tea Mexican tea n. (a) Ambrina (Chenopodium) ambrosioides; (b) = Jesuits' tea n. (a): see Mexican n. and adj. Compounds 1.extracted from tean.1< as lemmas |
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