| 单词 | pigeon-berry bush |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspigeon-berry bush pigeon-berry bush n. U.S. (now rare) pokeweed, Phytolacca americana; cf. main sense. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > berry-bush or -tree > [noun] > names applied to various types heath-berry1670–1 pigeon-berry1759 pigeon-berry bush1785 1785 M. Cutler in Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. 1 411 Pigeon-Berry Bush... Pigeons feed on the berries, which has been the occasion of its trivial name. 1832 W. D. Williamson Hist. Maine I. 115 The pigeon-berry bush is as tall as that of a blackberry, bears an abundance of small purple berries, the chief food of pigeons. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。