| 单词 | bitter gourd |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbitter gourd bitter gourd n. the Colocynth ( Citrullus Colocynthus), a plant of the gourd family, which furnishes a well-known cathartic drug. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > [noun] > bitter-apple plant or berry wild vinea1382 coloquintidaa1398 coloquintc1420 wild gourd1540 colocynth1565 coloquinto1683 coloquintid1732 bitter gourd1755 bitter cucumber1811 karela1839 bitter-apple1865 1755 Gentleman's Mag. Sept. 408/2 If we plant cucumbers..near the bitter-gourd, the fruits of the first will be as bitter as gall. bitter gourd a. The plant which bears the fruit; a plant of the family Cucurbitaceæ; spec. Lagenaria vulgaris, the bottle-gourd. bitter gourd: = colocynth n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tree or plant producing edible gourds > gourd plant gourdc1400 cucurbit1866 c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 60 Þe leeues of a gourde, & þe rote of fenegrek. c1420 Pallad. on Husb. iv. 456 The gourde is good this citur nygh to sowe. 1560 Bible (Geneva) Jonah iv. 6 And the Lord God prepared a gourde, and made it to come vp ouer Ionah. [Earlier versions have ivy, wild vine, etc.] 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 321 Forth crept The smelling Gourd . View more context for this quotation 1740 J. Dyer Ruins of Rome 20 The Gourd and Olive brown Weave the light Roof. 1844 T. Hood Haunted House i, in Hood's Mag. Jan. 4 The gourd embraced the rose bush in its ramble. 1872 D. Oliver Lessons Elem. Bot. (new ed.) ii. 175 The fruit of the Gourd sometimes attains an enormous size. 1887 C. A. Moloney Sketch Forestry W. Afr. 356 Bottle or Club Gourd (Lagenaria vulgaris). < as lemmas |
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