| 单词 | east indian screw tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmasEast Indian screw tree screw tree n. any of the tropical Asian and American trees and shrubs constituting the genus Helicteres (family Malvaceae), having simple leaves, tubular flowers, and a fruit consisting of five spirally twisted follicles; esp. (more fully East Indian screw tree) the Asian species H. isora. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > non-British shrubs > [noun] > American or West Indian ramgoat bush1566 burton-wood1697 cowage cherry1725 Jack-in-the-busha1726 screw tree1739 lady of the night1752 goatweed1756 solandra1797 silk-tassel1833 garrya1835 matico1839 choisya1840 Romneya1845 jointer1847 creosote-bush1851 creosote-plant1854 bridal wreath1856 ocotillo1856 adelaster1863 sage rose1864 white horse1864 tree poppy1866 Tacsonia1869 rain tree1877 piquillin bush1884 tassel-bush1891 bush poppy1899 Mexican orange1923 shrimp plant1941 1739 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. II. at Isora The Screw-tree with marsh-mallow Leaves, and a longer and slenderer Fruit. 1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 330 The Screw Tree. [Helicteres Jamaicensis, Jacq.] This curious shrub is very frequent in the low gravelly hills. 1806 B. M'Mahon Amer. Gardener's Cal. 632 Hot-House Trees, Shrubs, and Succulent Plants... Helicteres baruensis. Small-fruited Screw-tree. 1931 Bull. Misc. Information (Royal Bot. Gardens, Kew) No. 6. 320 The East-Indian Screw tree occurs in the dry forests throughout Central and Western India, and in Ceylon, and is found also in Java and northern Australia. 2008 In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biol.: Plant 44 186/1 Helicteres isora.., commonly known as East Indian screw tree, is a medicinally important sub-deciduous shrub or a small tree. < as lemmas |
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