| 单词 | monkey-pot tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmonkey-pot tree 1. The lidded woody capsule of any of several trees of the genus Lecythis (family Lecythidaceae), of tropical South America, which is used to trap monkeys; (more fully monkey-pot tree) a tree of the genus Lecythis or the family Lecythidaceae. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > South American and West Indian trees or shrubs > [noun] > monkey-pot sapucaia tree1820 monkey-pot1849 pot plant1858 sapucaia1869 lecythid1871 the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > South American and West Indian trees or shrubs > [noun] > monkey-pot > seed or seed-vessel monkey-pot1849 1849 J. H. Balfour Man. Bot. §867 Lecythis ollaria, a large Brazilian tree, yields the woody capsules called Monkey-pots. 1855 H. G. Dalton Hist. Brit. Guiana II. 201 Monkey's pot, Lecythis grandiflora. 1871 C. Kingsley At Last II. xi. 118 If nature has played the poor monkeys a somewhat tantalizing trick about Brazil nuts, she has been more generous to them in the case of some other Lecythids, which go by the name of monkey-pots. 1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants 87/2 Monkey-pot Tree, Lecythis Ollaria. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 781/1 In Brazil the myrtles are represented by ‘monkey-pots’ (Lecythideae). 1946 A. P. Benthall Trees of Calcutta 250 Lecythis Zabucajo Aubl., the monkey-pot tree, is occasionally cultivated in tropical countries for its large gourd-like fruits which are used for catching monkeys. 1969 T. H. Everett Living Trees of World 255/2 The fruits are large..capsules called monkey pots... Sugar is placed in the pot and is seized by the monkey; the animal cannot withdraw its clenched paw. 1990 D. K. Abbiw Useful Plants W. Trop. Afr. ii. 46 Also introduced [to West Africa] are Flacourtia indica Governor's Plum,..Lecythis zabucajo Monkey Pot [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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