| 单词 | pride of india |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspride of India pride of India n. (a) = pride of China n.; (b) the jarul, Lagerstroemia speciosa (family Lythraceae) (see jarul n.). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > [noun] > azedarac white cedar1654 bead-tree1668 azedarac1753 Melia1753 pride of China1778 pride of India1803 margosa1813 neema1819 China-tree1819 sandal-tree1864 holy tree1866 China-berry1890 1803 J. Davis Trav. U.S.A. 79 The mocking-bird..was warbling, close to my window, from a tree called by some the Pride of India. 1893 Harper's Mag. Apr. 756/2 This causeway broadened into a sandy street under huge pride-of-India trees, whose branches met overhead. 1965 Times Recorder (Zanesville, Ohio) 11 Mar. a6/1 The fruit, bark, seeds and blossoms of white cedar and Chinaberry (Pride of India) contain a narcotic. 2005 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 2 May f3 Banaba is the Tagalog name for the tree dubbed ‘pride of India’ (..Lagerstroemia speciosa). < as lemmas |
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