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单词 bastard cabbage tree
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bastard cabbage tree
bastard cabbage tree n.
Brit. /ˌbɑːstəd ˈkabɪdʒ triː/
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/ˌbastəd ˈkabɪdʒ triː/
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U.S. /ˌbæstərd ˈkæbɪdʒ ˌtri/
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Caribbean English /ˌbastad ˈkabɪdʒ ˌtriː/
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West African English /ˌbastad ˌkabed(ʒ) ˈtri/
Jamaican (now rare) a leguminous tree native to tropical America and West Africa, Andira inermis, having clusters of pink flowers, dark green pinnate leaves, and smooth grey bark used locally in medicines.Also called cabbage bark tree, cabbage tree.
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1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 367 Spigelia 1... The Bastard Cabbage-Tree.
1812 W. Chamberlaine Pract. Treat. Cowhage (ed. 10) iv. 32 The bark of the Bastard Cabbage-Tree (Geoffrea Inermis), stands among the first, in the list of powerful vermifuges.
1920 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 20 July 1/7 The man..who murdered Irene Simms..committed a double tragedy by hanging himself on a bastard cabbage tree some distance away from the scene of murder.
extracted from bastardn.adj.adv.
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