单词 | hercules club |
释义 | Hercules' clubn. a. The name of a plant, Xanthoxylon Clava-Herculis; also, Aralia spinosa ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon 1886). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > yielding condiments or used in food preparation > [noun] > other plants yielding condiments bean-caper1597 Hercules' club1882 koniak1884 1882 J. Smith Dict. Econ. Plants Hercules' Club..of the Bean Caper family..Its wood is yellow, and is a useful timber. b. A kind of firework. Π 1688 London Gaz. No. 2362/3 Rockets..Reporters, Hercules Club..with all manner of other Fire-works were discharged. c. ‘A stick of unusual size and formidable appearance’ (Brewer). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < |
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