| 单词 | poison root |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspoison root poison root n. any of various roots poisonous to humans or animals, spec. the red horse chestnut, Aesculus pavia, the root and twigs of which were formerly used to stupefy fish. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > horse-chestnut tree and allies > [noun] horse chestnut1597 poison root1712 Pavia1731 buckeye1763 buckwood1787 Ohio buckeye1810 sweet buckeye1815 chestnut1842 1712 J. Petiver in Philos. Trans. 1710–12 (Royal Soc.) 27 424 Carolina Poyson Root... Castaneæ Equinæ facie. Arbor..flore galeato spicato. 1787 J. D. Schöpf Materia Medica Amer. 55 Aesculus Pavia... Scarlet-horse-Chestnut... Poyson-root. Dears-Eye. Bucks-Eye. 1910 Jrnl. Amer. Folk-lore 23 17 They put poison-roots in the fire. 1957 C. S. Belshaw Great Village 279 Went ashore to obtain..some stones to beat the poison roots and sticks... Poison sticks are beaten and then pushed into holes in the rocks to force the stupefied fish out. 1989 D. Levertov Door in Hive ii. 23 Many escaped at night to eat poison roots or to hang themselves in the forest. < as lemmas |
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