单词 | grapple-plant |
释义 | > as lemmasgrapple-plant grapple-plant n. a South African herb, Uncaria (or Harpagophytum) procumbens, the fruit of which has many projecting claw-like hooks. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > non-British plants or herbs > [noun] > African plants > other African plants Hottentot fig1731 wait-a-bit1785 goat's foot1787 Strelitzia1789 aandblom1793 grapple-plant1822 tile-root1829 neb-neb1839 Cape tulip1850 bird-of-paradise flower1855 dimorphotheca1861 aandblommetjie1870 lithops1938 1822–4 W. J. Burchell Trav. Interior S. Afr. I. 536 The beautiful Uncaria procumbens, or Grapple-plant was not less abundant. 1893 J. T. Bent Ruined Cities Mashonaland 17 Lurking in the grass is the Grapple plant, the Harpagophytum procumbens. < as lemmas |
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