| 单词 | horse-nicker |
| 释义 | > as lemmashorse-nicker horse-nicker n. a large West Indian shrub, Cæsalpinia bonduc, or its seeds. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > non-British shrubs > [noun] > tropical > bonduc bonduc1696 nicker-tree1696 horse-nicker1750 nicker1750 1750 G. Hughes Nat. Hist. Barbados 195 The Horse-Nicker is a small groveling tree, growing chiefly in a loose, marly, or sandy soil. 1871 C. Kingsley At Last I. i. 36 The grey horse-nicker-beads of our childhood. 1965 E. G. B. Gooding et al. Flora Barbados 176 Caesalpinia bonduc... Grey nicker, Horse-nicker... Shrub, often scrambling by means of prickles. < as lemmas |
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