单词 | manchineel tree |
释义 | > as lemmasmanchineel tree a. A poisonous, evergreen Caribbean tree, Hippomane mancinella (family Euphorbiaceae), with a highly caustic latex and an acrid apple-like fruit (also manchineel tree); (in quot. 1625) the fruit itself. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > poisonous or harmful plants > poisonous bush or tree > [noun] > other poisonous or harmful trees manchineel1625 rengas1836 poison tree1884 1625 W. Finch in S. Purchas Pilgrimes I. iv. 415 Mansamiliias like to a wheaten Plumme, very dangerous, as are likewise the boughes of the tree, full of sappe, perilous to the sight. 1630 J. Smith True Trav. 55 The Mancinell apple. 1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 68 And as this tree's poyson is in her sap, so the Mantionell's is in her fruit. 1672 R. Blome Descr. Jamaica 27 Here is the Manchonele, which is a kind of a Crab, so common in all the Caribbee Isles. 1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Manchinelo Tree, a Tree that grows wild in the woods of Jamaica. 1707 H. Sloane Voy. Islands I. p. cxx In felling a mansanillo tree..some of the milk spurted into his eye. 1747 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 44 603 These Plants..grow on large Trees; particularly Mahogony, Sappadillo, Mançanilla, &c. 1766 Chron. in Ann. Reg. 109/2 A very rich crimson die, from a preparation of the fruit of the manchineal tree. 1777 W. Robertson Hist. Amer. (1783) II. 101 In other parts of America, they employ the juice of the manchenille,..and it operates with no less fatal activity. 1793 W. F. Mavor Christian Politics 18 The Tree of Liberty, which has proved more baneful than the Manchineel to those who have sought its shade. 1801 R. Southey Thalaba II. ix. 166 With the mandrake and the Manchineel She builds her pile accurst. 1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 105 The famous Manchineel tree..is said to be so poisonous, that persons have died from merely sleeping beneath its shade. 1871 C. Kingsley At Last I. i. 34 We learnt to distinguish the poisonous Manchineel. 1958 D. M. Douglass Many Brave Hearts (1959) i. 12 Manchenil, which is a nastily poisonous tree. 1988 Star (Kingston, Jamaica) 5 Jan. 12/3 Another very poisonous plant is the Manchineel—with its highly caustic sap. 1991 Times 30 Nov. (Sat. Review) 42/4 A more novel threat were the manchineel trees, Hippomane mancinella, which grow on so many beaches and are so poisonous that warning notices are posted in their shade. < as lemmas |
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