| 单词 | ants' wood |
| 释义 | > as lemmasants' wood ants' wood n. U.S. and Caribbean (now rare) any of several small trees of tropical and subtropical America; esp. the saffron plum, Sideroxylon celastrinum (family Sapotaceae). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > South American and West Indian trees or shrubs > [noun] > saffron plum ants' wood1884 saffron plum1884 1884 C. S. Sargent Rep. Forests N. Amer. (10th Census IX.) 103 Bumelia cuneata... Ants' Wood. Downward Plum. Saffron Plum. 1921 Nautilus 35 69 A considerable part of it [sc. a hammock] consisted of a small tree or large shrub, a Bumelia or ant's wood, with narrow leaves and innumerable branches. 2004 D. F. Austin Florida Ethnobot. 543/1 Prunus myrtifolia..ants-wood (Jamaica). < as lemmas |
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