| 单词 | nabk-tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnabk-tree Either of two thorny shrubs or small trees of the genus Ziziphus (family Rhamnaceae) that are native to the Middle East and North Africa, Z. lotus and Z. spina-christi. Also †nabk-thorn, nabk-tree. Cf. ilb n.Believed by some to be the plant from which Christ's crown of thorns was woven. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > thorn-tree or -bush > [noun] > non-British varieties > zizyphus bushes zizyphus?1440 nabk1836 crown of thorns1852 the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > thorn-tree or -bush > [noun] > non-British varieties fingrigo1707 cockspura1726 thorny trefoil1760 narra1779 driedoring1824 wild Irishman1850 matagouric1857 tumata-kuru1859 Irishman1860 Jerusalem thorn1866 nabk1874 ilb1894 1836 E. W. Lane Acct. Manners & Customs Mod. Egyptians II. xv. 296 Next..was a man bearing a large branch of nubck (or lote-tree), an emblem of the deceased. 1850 W. Irving Mahomet I. 107 Here grew..the nebecktree producing the lotus. 1856 A. P. Stanley Sinai & Palestine x. 363 The ‘Nabk’, or thorn-tree,..here breaks out along the hill-sides in thick jungles. 1874 F. W. Farrar Life Christ II. lx. 381 The nubk..struck me..as being the most suitable for mockery and pain, since its leaves are bright and its thorns singularly strong. 1891 E. Arnold Light of World ii. 48 Where knot-grass with its spikes,..and nebbuk-thorns Bind..the marble wrecks. 1924 G. Bell Let. 12 Mar. (1927) II. xxiii. 689 It's in a charming spot, barley growing under palms and nabk trees—thick evergreen trees. 1960 L. Durrell Clea i. iii. 57 The ‘nubk’ forms the great circular palisade of trees which encircles the Moslem Paradise. 1979 World Archaeol. 11 138 A dish containing cut beef; fresh nabk berries; small round cakes sweetened with honey. < as lemmas |
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