| 单词 | lucky bean |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslucky bean lucky bean n. any of various seeds thought to bring luck; esp. (a) (chiefly South African) a scarlet, black-tipped seed produced by the jequirity, Abrus precatorius (see jequirity n.); (b) a shiny scarlet bean produced by any of several kinds of coral tree (genus Erythrina). ΚΠ 1895 Frank Leslie's Pop. Monthly May 651/3 (advt.) Lucky Beans. 1908 J. R. White & A. Smith Little Journey S. Afr. 103 The lucky bean is a small red seed tipped with black—hard enough to be set in gold and serve for years as a jewel. 1966 A. Batten & H. Bokelmann Wild Flowers Eastern Cape 77 Erythrina lysistemon Hutch. (Kaffirboom, Lucky Bean tree). 1970 J. McIntosh Stonefish 231 He..brushed away fallen red, black-eyed lucky beans. 2000 J. Simpson & S. Roud Dict. Eng. Folklore 219/1 There is a long tradition of these [large seeds] being found and treasured as amulets, under a variety of names—Lucky beans, Molucca beans, Sea beans, Virgin Mary's nuts, and so on. < as lemmas |
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