| 单词 | old woman's bitter |
| 释义 | > as lemmasold woman's bitter old woman's bitter n. †(a) a West Indian fiddlewood, Citharexylum fruticosum (obsolete); (b) macary bitter, Picramnia antidesma. ΚΠ 1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica 264 Citharexylon, I. The Old-woman's bitter... This plant is very common in all the Savannas of Jamaica. 1864 A. H. R. Grisebach Flora Brit. W. Indian Islands 786 Old-woman's-bitter; Picramnia Antidesma. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 809/1 Old-woman's bitter, Picramnia antidesma; also Citharexylum cinereum. 1981 E. S. Ayensu Medicinal Plants W. Indies 171 Picramnia antidesma Sw., Majoe bitters, macary or old woman's bitter... Uses: Tea for teething baby. Yaws and venereal disease. < as lemmas |
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