单词 | california feverbush |
释义 | > as lemmasCalifornia feverbush feverbush n. U.S. (now historical and rare) (a) the spice bush Lindera benzoin; (b) the winterberry Ilex verticillata; (c) (more fully California feverbush) a garrya, esp. Garrya fremontii or G. elliptica. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > medicinal trees or shrubs > [noun] > names applied to various medicinal trees or shrubs wild senna1750 feverbush1778 1778 J. Carver Trav. N.-Amer. 510 The Fever Bush grows about five or six feet high; its leaf is like that of a lilach, and it bears a reddish berry of spicy flavour. 1830 C. S. Rafinesque Med. Flora U.S. II. 253 Prinos, L. Black Alder, Fever bush, Winter berry. 1880 Therapeutic Gaz. 15 Jan. 3/1 The Garrya Plant, called by the ranchmen and woodchoppers..‘The California Fever Bush’, is found on the highest peaks and ranges. 1920 C. F. Saunders Useful Wild Plants U.S. & Canada 206 The shrub [sc. Garrya elliptica] is known locally as Quinine-bush and Fever-bush. 1974 J. B. Lust Herb Bk. ii. 223 Common names [of Ilex verticillata]: Winterberry, black-alder, brook alder, false alder, feverbush, striped alder. 2016 S. Belsinger & A. O. Tucker Culinary Herbal 247/2 Spicebush is also known as Benjamin bush, feverbush, or wild allspice. < as lemmas |
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