| 单词 | poison bulb |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspoison bulb poison bulb n. [after South African Dutch vergiftbol (also giftbol); compare Afrikaans gifbol] a South African bulbous plant, Boophane disticha (family Amaryllidaceae), the source of an arrow poison. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Amaryllidaceae > [noun] > types of maguey1555 melt1605 pancratium1664 aloe1665 pita1698 mescal1709 maypole1750 agave1760 poison bulb1776 kukumakranka1793 furcraea1821 zephyranthes1821 century plant1827 mescal button1887 tequila plant1979 1776 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 66 277 We found..a large bulbous root, growing on dry precipices, which the Dutch call vergift-boll, poison bulb. 1822 W. J. Burchell Trav. Interior S. Afr. I. xxi. 539 Plants of Amaryllis toxicaria were..very abundant... This plant is well known to the Bushmen, on account of the virulent poison contained in its bulb. It is also known to the Colonists and Hottentots, by the name of Gift-bol (Poison-bulb). 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 181 B[uphane] toxicaria is called the Poison Bulb, and is said to be fatal to cattle. 1966 E. Palmer Plains of Camdeboo v. 82 The Poison Bulb, with its innocent blue-green fan of leaves, that they [sc. Bushmen] pounded for its deadly juice. 1988 B. van Wyk & S. Malan Field Guide Wild Flowers Witwatersrand & Pretoria Region 188 Boophane disticha... Poison bulb... Flower stalks lengthen during the fruiting stage, thereby transforming the inflorescence into a large sphere which..breaks off and is blown around by the wind. < as lemmas |
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