| 单词 | irish spurge |
| 释义 | > as lemmasIrish spurge Irish spurge n. a western European spurge, Euphorbia hyberna, especially characteristic of pastures and copses in south-west Ireland; cf. makinboy n. ΚΠ 1676 E. Coles Eng. Dict. at Mackenboy, Makimboy An Irish Spurge, which purgeth one much, only by being born about one. 1756 C. Smith Antient & Present State Kerry xiv. 382 Irish spurge, called Makinboy, or knotty rooted spurge, common on the mountains of this county. c1859 C. A. Johns Flowers of Field (ed. 3) 544 The Irish Spurge is extensively used by the peasants of Kerry for poisoning, or rather stupefying, fish. 1950 R. Ll. Praeger Nat. Hist. Ireland ii. 51 Euphorbia hiberna, Irish Spurge... A handsome species, forming in spring bold golden-green tufts in rough pastures and copses; especially abundant in Kerry and Cork. 2006 H. Willetts Essence of Garden 95 I believe that E. hyberna, the Irish spurge, must be short-lived; possibly my conditions curtail it still further—two to three years being the maximum. < as lemmas |
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