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单词 river poisonous tree
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river poisonous tree
river poisonous tree n. now rare the milky mangrove, Excoecaria agallocha, a shrub or small tree with poisonous sap which grows in tidal areas of Australia and parts of Asia; = river poison-tree at poison tree n. 1(c).
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1873 R. Daintree Queensland 86 Excœcaria Agallocha (River Poisonous Tree). The wood is light, soft and white. The acrid milky juice, it is believed, will blind the eye into which it falls.
1889 J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants Austral. 187 Excæcaria Agallocha,..‘River Poisonous Tree’... It produces..an acrid, milky juice.
1900 Queensland Agric. Jrnl. 7 456 It [sc. the milky mangrove] is also called the River Poisonous-tree or River Poison-tree, from its habit of growing on the banks of tidal rivers.
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