| 单词 | mouse-bur |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmouse-bur mouse-bur n. any of various mouselike plant burrs, esp. (U.S.) the mature pod of the unicorn plant or devil's claw, Proboscidea louisianica (family Martyniaceae); (also) this plant. ΚΠ 1875 F. T. Buckland Log-bk. Fisherman 42 Among these tails [sc. South American horsetails] are found most extraordinary burrs, which are called in ordinary parlance, ‘Mouse Burrs,’ on account of their strong resemblance to a mouse. 1878 A. Brassey Voy. Sunbeam vi. 84 The seeds of the Martynia proboscidea, mouse-burrs as they call them. 1993 T. Coffey Hist. & Folklore N. Amer. Wildflowers 223/1 Unicorn-Plant, Devil's-Claw Proboscidea louisiana [sic]... Elephant's-Trunk (Texas),..Mouse-Bur, [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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