单词 | prairie bean |
释义 | > as lemmasprairie bean prairie bean n. (a) the seed of the bean Phaseolus metcalfei, native to the south-western U.S. and grown for fodder; the plant itself; (b) a plant of the genus Thermopsis (family Fabaceae ( Leguminosae)). ΚΠ 1805 M. Lewis Jrnl. 12 May in Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Exped. (1987) IV. 146 The Indians of the Missouri make great uce of this cherry..boiling them with roots or meat, or with the prairie beans and white-apple. 1885 V. Havard Flora W. & S. Texas 501 Phaseolus retusus (Prairie Bean.) Common on prairies west of the Pecos. 1932 P. A. Rydberg Flora Plains & Prairies 454 Thermopsis R. Br. Yellow Pea, Golden Pea, Prairie Bean. 1972 J. Minifie Homesteader xii. 93 The yellow prairie bean, just rampaging into flower in every buffalo-wallow. < as lemmas |
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