释义 |
saint-ig·na·tius's-bean \-ig|nāsh(ē)əs(ə̇z)|-\ noun Usage: usually capitalized S&I Etymology: after St. Ignatius of Loyola (Íñigo de Oñez y Loyola) died 1556 Spanish soldier and ecclesiastic, founder of the Jesuits : the greenish straw-colored seed of a Philippine woody vine (Strychnos ignatii) like nux vomica in its action and uses — see strychnine |