| 单词 | canker berry |
| 释义 | > as lemmascanker berry canker berry n. now rare (a) (now English regional) the fruit of the dog rose (cf. sense 8b); (b) either of two West Indian plants of the genus Solanum, S. bahamense and S. racemosum; the fruit of either of these plants. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Solanaceae (nightshade and allies) > [noun] morela1400 nightshadea1400 petty morel?a1425 hound's-berryc1485 micklewort1531 manicon1543 garden nightshade1576 dulcamara1578 mad nightshade1578 raging nightshade1578 sleeping nightshade1578 solanum1578 tree nightshade1597 black nightshade1607 moonshade1626 mumme tree1629 winter cherry1629 blue bindweeda1637 canker berry1651 shrub-nightshade1666 poison berry1672 nightshade1733 woody nightshade1796 Sodom apple1808 African nightshade1839 solanal1846 felon-wood1861 shoo-fly plant1949 1651 R. Child Large Let. in S. Hartlib Legacie 27 Glauber an excellent Chymist hath divers secretes of this kind, even to the advancing of Hawes, Hips, Canker-Berries, Slowes, to excellent Aqua-vitæ's, drinkes, vinegars, which he himselfe first invented. 1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 174 The Canker Berry... The berries are bitterish, and thought to be very serviceable in sore throats. 1790 R. Thomas Med. Advice Inhabitants Warm Climates 51 When the latter [sc. spirit of vitriol] cannot be obtained, the juice of the canker-berry will be a proper substitute. 1891 R. P. Chope Dial. Hartland, Devonshire 31 Canker or canker-rose, the dog-rose, the berries of which are called Canker-berries. 1965 D. R. Harris Plants, Animals, & Man in Outer Leeward Islands iv. 31 Downslope woodland gives way..to thickets of wild tamarind and acacia, intermixed with prickly weeds, such as hogwood..and cankerberry (Solanum racemosum..). 1974 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 61 838 In Florida the species [sc. Solanum bahamense] is common on the Keys and other coastal areas of the south. ‘Canker Berry’. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。