| 单词 | monkey fiddle |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmonkey fiddle monkey fiddle n. (a) Caribbean any of several shrubs of the tropical American genus Pedilanthus (family Euphorbiaceae), esp. P. tithymaloides and P. bahamensis, the twigs of which produce a distinctive squeak when rubbed together; (b) the lebbek, Albizia lebbek, whose dry pods make a chattering noise in the wind. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > spurges and allies > [noun] physic nut1657 milk-bush1696 milk-tree1698 poison-bush1740 jatropha1754 milky-hedge1773 milk hedge1780 chandelier plant1827 Jew bush1830 candelabrum1834 poinsettia1836 slipper-plant1848 coquillo1851 zebra poison1871 oil tree1879 picture-tree1885 slipper spurs1887 monkey fiddle1913 milk plant1965 stringwood- 1913 Publ. Field Columbian Museum Bot. Ser. 2 360 The peculiar silicious ridges of the stems and branches [of Pedilanthus bahamensis] produce a high squeak when they are rubbed together—children play at fiddling with them, hence the local name ‘Monkey-fiddle’. 1954 Caribbean Q. 3 i. 6 The duppy fiddle (more often called monkey fiddle) makes a grotesque squeaking when two sticks of it are rubbed together. 1995 L. Goodison To us, all Flowers are Roses 16 Dangling furry fall of puss tail, Sansivira or Donkey's ears, The tuneful Monkey fiddle. < as lemmas |
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