单词 | horse-eye bean |
释义 | > as lemmashorse-eye bean horse-eye bean n. the seed of the Cowage ( Mucuna pruriens), a West Indian leguminous plant; also that of Dolichos Lablab. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > non-British medicinal plants > [noun] > cowage plant, bean, or hairs cowage1640 horse-eye bean1700 Mucuna1836 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. < as lemmas |
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