| 单词 | ordeal tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmasordeal tree ordeal tree n. any of several trees yielding ordeal poisons, esp. the sassy tree of West Africa (see ordeal bark n.) and the tanghin, Cerbera venenifera, of Madagascar. ΚΠ 1852 H. Murray Encycl. Geogr. iii. 27 The Ordeal Tree, called, by Professor Smith, Cassa, and by Captain Tuckey, erroneously, a Cassia, if not absolutely the same plant as the Red Water Tree of Sierra Leone and the Gold Coast, belongs at least to the same genus. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 821/1 Ordeal Tree,..of Madagascar, Cerbera venenifera. 1957 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 601/1 The tangena or ordeal tree (Cerbera tanghin) whose seeds were formerly employed as a poison ordeal [sc. in Madagascar]. 1993 Sunday Times (Nexis) 29 Aug. (Features section) Zimbabwe's oldest and largest national park is Hwange: 8,700 square miles of golden grass and shady teak forests, camel thorn glades and canary-yellow ordeal trees. < as lemmas |
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