| 单词 | elephant's foot |
| 释义 | > as lemmaselephant's foot elephant's foot n. (a) a species of Yam ( Testudinaria elephantipes); (b) a plant belonging to the genus Elephantopus. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > non-British plants or herbs > [noun] > Asian or Indian moving plant1787 elephant's foot1789 Indian lettuce1791 Sonerila1846 telegraph plant1856 whirling plant1866 mitsuba1890 1789 W. Aiton Hortus Kewensis III. 280 Elephantopus scaber. Rough-leav'd Elephant's foot. Nat. of the East Indies. Cult. 1695, in Chelsea Garden. 1845–50 A. H. Lincoln Familiar Lect. Bot. (new ed.) 186 The elephant's-foot (Elephantopus), a low, hairy-leaved plant, with purple, ligulate florets. 1872 D. Oliver Lessons Elem. Bot. (new ed.) ii. 271 Testudinaria elephantipes ..From the appearance of the rhizome it is called ‘Elephant's foot’ at the Cape of Good Hope. 1901 C. T. Mohr Plant Life Alabama 759 Carolina Elephant's-Foot..[grows in] open dry woods, borders of fields, pastures. 1966 H. W. Rickett Wild Flowers of U.S. I. 508 The genus Elephantopus—elephant's foot— is mainly tropical. < as lemmas |
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