A tropical American shrub, Jatropha curcas (family Euphorbiaceae), having large, roundish to heart-shaped, sometimes lobate leaves and a reddish…
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| 释义 | the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > spurges and allies > [noun] (20) physic nut1657 A tropical American shrub, Jatropha curcas (family Euphorbiaceae), having large, roundish to heart-shaped, sometimes lobate leaves and a reddish… milk-bush1696 Any of various shrubs or small trees of the southern hemisphere which have a milky sap and are often succulent; esp. (a) South African and Indian En… milk-tree1698 Any of various trees yielding a milky sap, in some cases drinkable; esp. (a) = milk-bush, n. (a); (b) any of several tropical South American trees… poison-bush1740 A spurge (genus Euphorbia). Obsolete. jatropha1754 Any of various shrubs, trees, and succulent plants now or formerly included in the genus Jatropha (family Euphorbiaceae); esp. (in early use) the… milky-hedge1773 = milk hedge n. at milk, n.1 adj.compounds 3b. milk hedge1780 a hedge of milk-bush (see milk-bush, n. (a)); cf. earlier milky-hedge n. at milky, adj. compounds 2. chandelier plant1827 a species of Euphorbia. Jew bush1830 a tropical American spurge, Euphorbia tithymaloides, previously used medicinally for its emetic properties and now cultivated as a garden plant… candelabrum1834 Simple attributive. Also prefixed (in form candelabrum or candelabra) to the names of trees with foliage shaped like a candelabrum, esp. a tropical… poinsettia1836 Any of various shrubby plants of the former genus Poinsettia (now included in Euphorbia), native to Central America and the southern United States… slipper-plant1848 (see quot.). coquillo1851 The Physic nut, Curcas purgans, a native of tropical America, the seeds of which yield an oil used as a purgative. zebra poison1871 any of various South African tree spurges (genus Euphorbia) whose milky latex was formerly used by local hunters to poison waterholes used by wild… oil tree1879 Any of various trees and large shrubs having fruits or seeds that yield an oil; spec. †(a) an oleaster or olive tree (obsolete); (b) the castor oil… picture-tree1885 an arborescent plant of the genus Acalypha (family Euphorbiaceae) having markings on the leaves suggestive of pictures. slipper spurs1887 = slipper-plant n. monkey fiddle1913 (a) Caribbean any of several shrubs of the tropical American genus Pedilanthus (family Euphorbiaceae), esp. P. tithymaloides and P. bahamensis, the… milk plant1965 any of various plants yielding a milky juice, esp. (a) U.S. = milk pea n.; (b) Australian any of various spurges, esp. Euphorbia drummondii. stringwood- a small tree of St. Helena, Acalypha rubra, now extinct, named from its pendent spikes of reddish sterile flowers (Treasury Bot. 1866). |
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