| 单词 | overlook bean |
| 释义 | > as lemmasoverlook bean 2. Originally and chiefly Jamaican. More fully overlook bean, †overlook pea. Any of several plants of the genus Canavalia (family Fabaceae ( Leguminosae)), esp. the jack bean, C. ensiformis, traditionally planted at the edge of crops in parts of the Caribbean and thought to protect them against theft and the evil eye. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > pulses or plants producing pulses > [noun] > bean > other types of bean-plant horse-bean1684 Angola pea1756 pole bean1770 Congo pea1812 Canavalia1828 no-eye pea1837 overlook1837 bean-vine1838 asparagus-bean1856 sword-bean1875 jack bean1885 horse-gram1886 winged bean1910 tepary1912 adzuki1914 siratro1962 1837 J. Macfadyen Flora Jamaica I. 292 They are commonly planted, by the Negroes, along the margin of their provision grounds, from a superstitious notion..that the Overlook fulfils the part of a watchman, and..protects the provisions from plunder. 1871 C. Kingsley At Last II. xiii. 197 Here and there that pretty climbing vetch, the Overlook. 1914 C. V. Piper Forage Plants & their Culture xxiii. 550 In Jamaica, whence it first became well known, it [sc. the jack bean, Canavalia ensiformis] is called the horse bean or the overlook bean. 1920 W. Fawcett & A. B. Rendle Flora Jamaica IV. 62 C[anavalia] altissima..Overlook Bean. 1972 Funk's Standard Dict. Folklore 534/2 Jack bean..is often seen in Negro gardens in the West Indies and parts of the southern United States on climbing poles higher than any of the other poles in the garden. It is called the overlook, i.e. it is believed to act as watch and guard for the garden. < as lemmas |
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