| 单词 | jumbie bead |
| 释义 | > as lemmasjumbie bead jumbie bead n. the hard seed of any of several tropical leguminous plants typically used as a bead; esp. the red and black seed of jequirity, Abrus precatorius.Jewellery made from jumbie beads has been used as protection from malevolent spirits and to ward off evil. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants, nuts, seeds, or fruits used as beads or vessels > [noun] > jequirity plant or jumby bead jumbie bead1764 jumble-bead1855 prayer bead1861 jequirity1882 1764 J. Grainger Sugar-cane i. 38 (note) This [sc. wild liquorice] is a scandent plant, from which the Negroes gather what they call Jumbee Beeds [sic]. 1802 H. Swinburne Let. 17 Feb. in Courts of Europe (1841) II. 339 I gathered to-day, a handful of Jumbee beads. 1956 Caribbean Q. 4 iii. 198 They also sold charms made of ‘Jumby beads’ (abrus precatorius and allied species). 2003 Amer. Forests Autumn 37 If you got home late at night and didn't have jumbie beads in your lamp..you had to walk into your house backwards or the jumbies would follow you in. < as lemmas |
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