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单词 drumstick tree
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drumstick tree
drumstick tree n. [compare Dutch trommelstokboom, denoting Cassia fistula (1726)] any of several tropical trees bearing drumstick-shaped seed pods: (a) any of several trees of the genus Cassia (family Leguminosae ( Fabaceae)), esp. C. sieberiana of Africa; (b) the horseradish tree, Moringa oleifera (family Moringaceae; cf. sense 4a).
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1824 Edinb. Philos. Jrnl. 11 344 Cassia conspicua, new, like C. fistula, the Monkey Drum-stick Tree of the colonists.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 429/2 Drumstick Tree, Cathartocarpus conspicua.
1883 Lancet 2 June 947/2 My friend Dr. Ondaatje, of Ceylon, informs me that it [sc. Moringa pterygosperma] is called the ‘drumstick’ tree on account of the curious pod-like fruit.
2011 West Austral. (Perth) (Nexis) 21 Apr. (HAB section) 12 The drumstick tree is drought tolerant and grows in arid regions through to the tropics.
2011 Pharmacognosy Jrnl. 13 13/1 Botanical name: Cassia sieberiana... Common English name: West African laburnum, drumstick tree.
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