| 单词 | feverwood |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfeverwood feverwood n. [in sense (a) after Spanish palo de calenturas (see fever tree n.)] †(a) cinchona bark (cf. fever bark n.) (obsolete rare); (b) U.S. the spice bush Lindera benzoin (cf. feverbush n. (a)) (now historical and rare). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > medicinal trees or shrubs > [noun] > non-British medicinal trees or shrubs > spice-bush feverwood1682 spice-wood1756 spice-bush1770 allspice1830 1682 tr. N. de Blégny Eng. Remedy: or, Talbor's Wonderful Secret 4 However the matter be, they begin now to call it in Latin, Cortex febrilis; and the Spaniards name it, Palo de Culenturas, i. e. Feaver-wood. 1818 W. P. C. Barton Veg. Materia Medica U.S. II. 91 Laurus benzoin. Spice-wood. Allspice-bush. Fever-bush. Wild Allspice. Spice-berry. Fever-wood. 1896 Pharmaceut. Jrnl. 18 Apr. 306/2 During the American war, when allspice was difficult to obtain in the United States, a substitute was found in the berries of laurus benzoin, Linn., commonly known as ‘Wild Allspice, Fever-wood, Benjamin-bush and Spice-bush’. 2014 E. Small N. Amer. Cornucopia 629 Spicebush (spice bush) is also known as American spicebush, benjamin bush,..fever bush, feverwood, [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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