单词 | loco intoxication |
释义 | > as lemmasloco intoxication C1. General attributive, as loco intoxication, loco plant, etc. Cf. locoweed n. 1. ΚΠ 1874 Calif. Horticulturalist Oct. 309/2 The description of the loco plant given in the monthly report was correct. It grows in abundance in several counties in lower California. 1876 Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 1875 6 3 Dr. Kellogg exhibited plants, and read a paper on California and Colorado Loco Poisons. 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 23 June 5/1 A healthy horse refuses loco; but if he once by accident acquires the taste, it grows upon him..and at last he dies of loco-intoxication. 1914 Farmers' Cycl. III. 615 His stock was replaced with sheep that were free from the loco habit. 1948 E. N. Wentworth America's Sheep Trails 468/1 The great difficulty with attacks of loco poisoning has been that the animal refuses other forage. 1987 Raton (New Mexico) Range 13 May 2/1 (heading) Scientists find loco compound. 2009 M. Brownley Lady like Sarah xii. 99 Her brothers..stared at them as if they'd been nipping at a loco plant. < as lemmas |
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