| 单词 | ox-eye bean |
| 释义 | > as lemmasox-eye bean ox-eye bean n. now historical a tropical American vine, Mucuna urens (family Fabaceae ( Leguminosae)); the seed of this. ΚΠ 1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica 295 Zoophthalmum 1... The Ox-eye Bean... This plant is very common in the inland parts of Jamaica, and climbs to the top of the tallest trees in the wood. 1892 P. L. Simmonds Commerc. Dict. Trade Products (rev. ed.) 269/2 Ox-eye Bean, another name for the horse-eye bean, or Mucuna urens of Decandolle. 1920 W. Fawcett & A. B. Rendle Flora Jamaica IV. 52 M[ucuna] urens... Ox Eye Bean. Rare; in fl. Sept. and Oct. 1961 F. G. Cassidy Jamaica Talk xvi. 376 This is a closely related vine; its fruit is the ‘Horse-eye Bean’, sometimes called donkey-eye, and formerly ox-eye.] < as lemmas |
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