| 单词 | quinine bush |
| 释义 | > as lemmasquinine bush quinine bush n. (a) U.S. either of two bitter shrubs of the family Garryaceae, Garrya fremontii and G. elliptica, extracts of which were formerly used medicinally in place of quinine; (b) Australian = quinine tree n. 2. ΚΠ 1882 R. Bentley Man. Bot. (ed. 4) ii. iii. 664 Garrya Fremontii, a native of California, is known as the Quinine Bush from its leaves being used in fevers and ague. 1894 G. Boothby On Wallaby 215 The only vegetation being Quinine bushes (a tall slender tree, with a rough dark bark and glossy leaves). 1908 G. B. Sudworth Forest Trees Pacific Slope 416 Quinine bush [sc. Garrya elliptica] gets its name from its bitter bark, leaves, and, especially, fruit. 1986 K. Brennan Wildflowers of Kakadu 46 Common, widespread shrubs are the Quinine Bush Petalostigma quadriloculare, the Turkey Bush [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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