| 单词 | poison plant |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspoison plant poison plant n. any of various plants poisonous to humans or animals, spec. (Australian) any of certain plants poisonous to stock, esp. species of Gastrolobium (family Fabaceae ( Leguminosae)) (see poison-bush n. 3). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > poisonous or harmful plants > [noun] > Australian poison-plant poison plant1730 poison-bush1884 1730 T. Fuller Exanthematologia i. 90 Sir Hans Sloane..giveth an Account of the Mancannillo Tree, that tho' there be scarce such another Poison Plant in the World, and that it kills Cats, Dogs, Land Crabs, and Fish, &c. yet Goats feed upon the Fruit. 1836 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 6 284 Among them is an account of Strychnos toxifera, the Woorali poison plant, for the first time sent to this country. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 521 A number of the species of this [Gastrolobium] and of allied genera are known in Western Australia as Poison plants; and farmers lose annually a large number of cattle through their eating the foliage. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 522 Dr. Harvey says the worst of the Poison-plants is G[astrolobium] bilobum. 1881 F. Oates Matabele-Land xi. 243 The ‘poison plant’, growing low, and bearing a yellow plum-like fruit, was gathered on one occasion near the waggon-track. 1927 J. Masefield Sard Harker iii. 121 Dangling from the boughs, there were strings of withered poison-ivy... He dodged the poison-plant. 2003 Irish Voice (Nexis) 12 Aug. 25 One inmate outs an abusive priest by putting poison plants in his washing, which results in him disrobing in the middle of mass. < as lemmas |
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