单词 | poisonous plant |
释义 | poisonous plant (once / 45812 pages) n WORD FAMILY poisonous plant: poisonous plants USAGE EXAMPLESCenters for Disease Control and Prevention has more on poisonous plants. US News(Aug 11, 2016) In terms of human evolution, it's not that long ago since we were hunter gatherers facing dangers all around us - from poisonous plants to predators. BBC(Jul 10, 2016) It’s likely an evolutionary relic that prevented our young ancestors from accidentally eating poisonous plants when they began to forage. Slate(Apr 08, 2016) n a plant that when touched or ingested in sufficient quantity can be harmful or fatal to an organism Hypo|Hyper aconite any of various usually poisonous plants of the genus Aconitum having tuberous roots and palmately lobed leaves and blue or white flowers baneberry, cohosh, herb Christophera plant of the genus Actaea having acrid poisonous berries helleboreany plant of the Eurasian genus Helleborus dogbaneany of several poisonous perennial plants of the genus Apocynum having acrid milky juice and bell-shaped white or pink flowers and a very bitter root Nerium oleander, oleander, rose bayan ornamental but poisonous flowering shrub having narrow evergreen leaves and clusters of fragrant white to pink or red flowers: native to East Indies but widely cultivated in warm regions Gloriosa superba, climbing lily, creeping lily, gloriosa, glory lilyany plant of the genus Gloriosa of tropical Africa and Asia; a perennial herb climbing by means of tendrils at leaf tips having showy yellow to red or purple flowers; all parts are poisonous Symphoricarpos alba, common snowberry, snowberry, waxberrydeciduous shrub of western North America having spikes of pink flowers followed by round white berries American holly, Christmas hollyan evergreen tree Rhus vernix, Toxicodendron vernix, poison ash, poison dogwood, poison sumacsmooth American swamp shrub with pinnate leaves and greenish flowers followed by greenish white berries; yields an irritating oil Rhus radicans, Toxicodendron radicans, markweed, poison ivy, poison mercury, poison oakclimbing plant common in eastern and central United States with ternate leaves and greenish flowers followed by white berries; yields an irritating oil that causes a rash on contact Rhus diversiloba, Toxicodendron diversilobum, western poison oakpoisonous shrub of the Pacific coast of North America that causes a rash on contact Rhus quercifolia, Rhus toxicodenedron, Toxicodendron quercifolium, eastern poison oakpoisonous shrub of southeastern United States causing a rash on contact Chinese lacquer tree, Japanese lacquer tree, Japanese sumac, Japanese varnish tree, Rhus verniciflua, Toxicodendron vernicifluum, lacquer tree, varnish treesmall Asiatic tree yielding a toxic exudate from which lacquer is obtained lantanaa flowering shrub Aethusa cynapium, fool's parsley, lesser hemlockEuropean weed naturalized in America that resembles parsley but causes nausea and poisoning when eaten Cicuta verosa, water hemlocktall erect highly poisonous Eurasiatic perennial herb locally abundant in marshy areas spotted cowbane, spotted hemlock, spotted water hemlocktall biennial water hemlock of northeastern North America having purple-spotted stems and clusters of extremely poisonous tuberous roots resembling small sweet potatoes California fern, Conium maculatum, Nebraska fern, hemlock, poison hemlock, poison parsley, winter fernlarge branching biennial herb native to Eurasia and Africa and adventive in North America having large fernlike leaves and white flowers; usually found in damp habitats; all parts extremely poisonous Oenanthe crocata, hemlock water dropwort, water dropwortEuropean poisonous herb having tuberous roots, yellow juice that stains the skin, yellow flowers and foliage resembling celery; all parts extremely poisonous Oenanthe aquatica, water fennelEuropean poisonous herb with fibrous roots Aconitum napellus, helmet flower, helmetflower, monkshooda poisonous herb native to northern Europe having hooded blue-purple flowers; the dried leaves and roots yield aconite Aconitum lycoctonum, wolf's bane, wolfbane, wolfsbanepoisonous Eurasian perennial herb with broad rounded leaves and yellow flowers and fibrous rootstock Actaea rubra, red baneberry, red-berry, redberry, snakeberryNorth American perennial herb with alternately compound leaves and racemes of small white flowers followed by bright red oval poisonous berries Actaea alba, doll's eyes, white baneberry, white bead, white cohoshNorth American herb with white poisonous berries Helleborus foetidus, bear's foot, setterwort, stinking helleboredigitate-leaved hellebore with an offensive odor and irritant qualities when taken internally Christmas rose, Helleborus niger, black hellebore, winter roseEuropean evergreen plant with white or purplish rose-like winter-blooming flowers Helleborus orientalis, black hellebore, lenten roseslightly hairy perennial having deep green leathery leaves and flowers that are ultimately purplish-green Helleborus viridis, green helleboredeciduous plant with large deep green pedate leaves and nodding saucer-shaped green flowers Apocynum androsaemifolium, common dogbane, rheumatism weed, spreading dogbaneNorth American perennial having pinkish flowers in loose cymes; used in folk medicine for pain or inflammation in joints Apocynum cannabinum, Indian hemp, rheumatism weedCanadian dogbane yielding a tough fiber used as cordage by Native Americans; used in folk medicine for pain or inflammation in joints Apocynum pumilum, Rocky Mountain dogbaneNorth American plant similar to common dogbane flora, plant, plant life (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion |
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