| 单词 | malabar nightshade |
| 释义 | > as lemmasMalabar nightshade Malabar nightshade n. a whitish- or reddish-flowered, fleshy-leaved, twining plant, Basella alba (family Basellaceae), grown as a pot-herb in tropical Asian countries and eaten like spinach; also with distinguishing word (see red Malabar nightshade n. at red adj. and n. Compounds 1e(d)). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > climbing or creeping plants > [noun] > Malabar nightshade basella1731 climbing nightshade1753 Malabar nightshade1760 the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Chenopodiaccae (goose-foot and allies) > [noun] > other plants of the Chenopodiaceae blitec1420 strawberry spinach1731 Malabar nightshade1760 tick-seed1760 epazote1848 1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Basella Climbing Nightshade from Malabar.] 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 320 Nightshade, Malabar, Basella. 1824 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Gardening (ed. 2) Index 1204/2 Malabar night-shade, see Basella. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XIX. 686/2 The Malabar nightshade is a Basella, which is widely used as a pot-herb in India. 1978 B. N. Bowden in V. H. Heywood Flowering Plants of World 75/3 Basella, or Malabar nightshade, with two principal species, Basella rubra and B. alba, bearing red and white flowers respectively. < as lemmas |
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