单词 | lead-plant |
释义 | > as lemmaslead-plant lead-plant n. U.S. a shrub ( Amorpha canescens) found in the west of the Mississippi valley, and believed to indicate the presence of lead ore. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > non-British shrubs > [noun] > North-American wild tea1728 bastard indigo1730 mountain heath1731 groundsel-tree1736 amorpha1751 buttonbush1754 moosewood1778 pipestem wood1791 modesty1809 sand myrtle1814 wicopy1823 lead-plant1833 false indigo1841 sleek-leaf1845 arrow weed1848 rabbit bush1852 ribbonwood1860 rabbit brush1877 sea myrtle1883 pencil tree1884 tar-bush1884 ocean spray1906 1833 A. Eaton Man. Bot. (ed. 6) ii. 15 Amorpha..canescens..lead plant... Somewhat woody... Galena. 1847 J. W. Abert in W. H. Emory Notes Mil. Reconnaissance (1848) 399 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (30th Congr., 1st Sess.: House of Representatives Exec. Doc. 41) IV The lead plant, or tea plant..is in some places so abundant as to displace almost every other herb. 1939 National Geographic Mag. Aug. 220/1 Chief among the peas is a group of close relatives: lead plant,..prairie clovers, together with indigo plant. < as lemmas |
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