单词 | hottentot's bean |
释义 | > as lemmasHottentot's bean Hottentot's bean n. (also Hottentot bean) South African a shrub or tree of the southern African genus Schotia (family Fabaceae), esp. S. afra, having an edible seed borne in flattened woody pods and resembling a broad bean. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > African trees or shrubs > [noun] > other African trees or shrubs keurboom1731 silver-tree1731 witteboom1799 Hottentot's bean1801 melkhouta1823 monkey apple1824 witgatboom1824 Hottentot's bean tree1833 spek-boom1834 mopane1854 Welwitschia1862 ambatch1863 miombo1864 pith tree1864 porkwood1875 tree purslane1882 buffalo-horn1887 monkey guava1887 bush willow1917 melkboom1917 msasa1923 rooibos1932 miraa1945 ovangkol1972 pigeon wood1972 tambotie1973 1801 J. Barrow Acct. Trav. Interior S. Afr. 1797–8 I. 189 Not so with the Hottentot bean... This plant is the African Lignum vitae. 1965 F. von Breitenbach Indigenous Trees S. Afr. ii. 327 Schotia afra... Hottentot's Bean... The roasted beans are eaten by some tribes. < as lemmas |
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