| 单词 | indian licorice |
| 释义 | Indian licorice in American English jequirity (sense 2) Indian licorice in American Englishnoun a woody tropical vine, Abrus precatorius, of the legume family, having extremely poisonous scarlet and black seeds that are used for beads and a root used as a substitute for licorice Also called: crab's-eye, rosary pea Word origin [1885–90]This word is first recorded in the period 1885–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: booster, foregut, reactor, retread, seminar |
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