| 单词 | jumbie bean |
| 释义 | > as lemmasjumbie bean jumbie bean n. any of several tropical leguminous trees associated with ghosts or spirits of dead people; esp. the leadtree, Leucaena leucocephala; (also) a seed from such a tree; cf. jumbie tree n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > South American and West Indian trees or shrubs > [noun] > others persea1601 mahoe1666 poison berry1672 white mangrove1683 maiden plum1696 angelin1704 garlic-pear1725 milkwood-tree1725 Jack-in-the-box1735 cherimoya1736 rattle bush1750 galapee1756 genip1756 lace bark1756 sunfruit1787 wild orange1802 hog-nut1814 mountain pride1814 savannah wattle1814 mora1825 rubber tree1826 mayflower1837 bastard manchineel1838 long john1838 seringa1847 sack tree1849 jumbie tree1860 jumbie bean1862 king-tree1863 gauze-tree1864 mountain green1864 snowdrop tree1864 strong bark1864 switch-sorrel1864 candle-tree1866 maypole1866 angelique1873 poisonwood1884 porkwood1884 1862 R. Hunt Handbk. Industr. Dept. Internat. Exhib. 1862 II. 385 Bracelets and bags, made of the seed of what is called locally ‘jumbie beans’, but which are the seeds of Desmanthus virgatus, a species of mimosa. 1918 N. L. Britton Flora of Bermuda 169 Leucaena glauca..Jumbie Bean... Its seeds, strung on thread, are made into necklaces. 2011 R. A. T. George Trop. Veg. Production xi. 132 Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) de Wit.—jumbie bean, white popinac—jumbie bean is an erect semi-shrub-like plant. < as lemmas |
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