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单词 horse-eye bean
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horse-eye bean
horse-eye bean n. the seed of the Cowage ( Mucuna pruriens), a West Indian leguminous plant; also that of Dolichos Lablab.
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horse-eye bean1700
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kiwach1876
1700 W. King Transactioneer i. 23 The Second sort of Bean is called the Horse Eye-Bean, for its resemblance to the Eye of that Beast by reason of a Hilus almost surrounding it.
1707 H. Sloane Voy. Islands I. 179 Horse-eye Bean..of a light-brown colour, with a black ledge or hilus almost round them, looking something like a horses eye, whence the name.
extracted from horsen.
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