| 单词 | matrimony vine |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmatrimony vine 7. Botany (chiefly U.S.). More fully matrimony vine. Any of various thorny shrubs of the genus Lycium (family Solanaceae); esp. the Asiatic species L. barbarum and L. chinense, often cultivated in gardens. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > thorny berry-bush > [noun] > box-thorn bush or berry boxthorn1578 lycium1597 Barbary tea1728 matrimony1818 1818 A. Eaton Man. Bot. (ed. 2) ii. 309 Lycium..barbarum..matrimony. 1822 A. Eaton Man. Bot. (ed. 3) ii. 343 Matrimony vine. 1899 F. D. Bergen Animal & Plant Lore 106 Matrimony vine planted near a house and thriving means matrimonial ill luck. 1915 M. Armstrong & J. J. Thornber Field Bk. Western Wild Flowers 464 Desert Matrimony Lycium Cooperi. 1958 M. L. Fernald & A. C. Kinsey Edible Wild Plants Eastern N. Amer. iii. 336 The old-fashioned garden shrubs, the Matrimony-Vines..have escaped and become naturalized. 1972 G. A. Petrides Field Guide Trees & Shrubs Northeastern & North-central U.S. (ed. 2) 190 Chinese Matrimony-vine... Lycium chinense... Similar to the European species but less thorny. 1981 L. D. Benson & R. A. Darrow Man. Southwest Desert Trees & Shrubs (ed. 3) 195 One species, Lycium halimifolium, is the rather frequently cultivated matrimony vine, an excellent plant for training over fences and lattice work. matrimony vine matrimony vine n. see matrimony n. 7. ΚΠ 1846–50 A. Wood Class-bk. Bot. 449 Lycium Barbarum. Matrimony Vine. < as lemmas |
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