| 单词 | devil's walking stick |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdevil's walking stick devil's walking stick n. either of two prickly shrubs of the family Araliaceae; (a) devil's club, Oplopanax horridus (now rare); (b) a shrub of the south-eastern United States having straight spiny stems, large pinnate leaves, panicles of cream flowers, and purplish-black berries, Aralia spinosa (also called Hercules' club, prickly ash). ΚΠ 1857 Trans. Amer. Med. Assoc. 10 231 It [sc. Echinopanax horridum] is sometimes called ‘Devil's Walking Stick’, as is Aralia spinosa. 1956 E. Gunther tr. A. Krause Tlingit Indians (1970) i. 57 Man-high ferns and even taller huckleberry bushes and rhododendron are associated with the particular west coast Araliacea (Fatsia horrida Smith.), called devil's walking stick by the Americans. 1995 Garden Nov. 709/1 The spreading shrub Aralia spinosa, (devil's walking stick), armed with thorny stems, but superb pinnate foliage and decorative panicles of cream flowers. 2000 Lethbridge (Alberta) Herald 7 Sept. a15 Devil's walkingstick is more interesting and ominous than beautiful. < as lemmas |
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