| 单词 | skunk currant |
| 释义 | > as lemmasskunk currant skunk currant n. North American a North American wild currant, Ribes glandulosum, which has a musky odour similar to that of a skunk's spray.Also called mountain currant. 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 berries > currant bush blackcurrant1633 currant-tree1649 currant1665 riberry1670 currant-bush1813 skunk curranta1817 a1817 T. Dwight Trav. New-Eng. & N.-Y. (1821) II. 312 Three sorts of currants are found in the forest: the red, the black, and a peculiar kind, called Skunk currants. 1921 Amer. Forestry Jan. 9/2 (caption) Diving for skunk currants in a brush pile. 2015 E. W. Chester et al. Guide Vascular Plants Tennessee vi. 552 R[ibes] glandulosum Grauer, Skunk Currant—Moist high-elevation woods... Bruised leaves and berries have the odor of skunk. < as lemmas |
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