| 单词 | plantain shot |
| 释义 | > as lemmasplantain shot plantain shot n. now rare the canna or Indian shot, Canna indica. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > foliage, house, or garden plants > [noun] > Indian shot canna1582 Indian reed1615 plantain shot1750 wild plantain1756 Indian shot1760 1750 G. Hughes Nat. Hist. Barbados 168 The flowers are succeeded by small capsulæ, each inclosing a round black hard seed, as big as swan-shot. From these, and the make of its leaves, they derive the name of Plantain-shot. 1901 Bull. Amer. Geogr. Soc. 33 216 (table) Canna coccinea. Plantain shot. plantain shot c. transferred in Indian shot, the plant Canna indica (see Indian adj. 4). Also plantain shot, flowering shot applied to the same or other species of the genus. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > foliage, house, or garden plants > [noun] > Indian shot canna1582 Indian reed1615 plantain shot1750 wild plantain1756 Indian shot1760 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 316/2 Shot, Plaintain, Canna. 1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants 47/2 Flowering Shot. The genus Canna. 1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants 67/2 Indian Shot. The genus Canna. < as lemmas |
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