| 单词 | poison berry |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspoison berry poison berry n. †(a) U.S. sheep laurel, Kalmia angustifolia (obsolete); (b) chiefly Caribbean, any of several plants of the genus Cestrum (family Solanaceae); (also) the poisonous or inedible fruit of these plants; †(c) Caribbean the tree Bourreria succulenta (family Boraginaceae) (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Solanaceae (nightshade and allies) > [noun] morela1400 nightshadea1400 petty morel?a1425 hound's-berryc1485 micklewort1531 manicon1543 garden nightshade1576 dulcamara1578 mad nightshade1578 raging nightshade1578 sleeping nightshade1578 solanum1578 tree nightshade1597 black nightshade1607 moonshade1626 mumme tree1629 winter cherry1629 blue bindweeda1637 canker berry1651 shrub-nightshade1666 poison berry1672 nightshade1733 woody nightshade1796 Sodom apple1808 African nightshade1839 solanal1846 felon-wood1861 shoo-fly plant1949 the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > poisonous or harmful plants > [noun] > poisonous berries poison berry1672 Johnny Magorey1855 the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > South American and West Indian trees or shrubs > [noun] > others persea1601 mahoe1666 poison berry1672 white mangrove1683 maiden plum1696 angelin1704 garlic-pear1725 milkwood-tree1725 Jack-in-the-box1735 cherimoya1736 rattle bush1750 galapee1756 genip1756 lace bark1756 sunfruit1787 wild orange1802 hog-nut1814 mountain pride1814 savannah wattle1814 mora1825 rubber tree1826 mayflower1837 bastard manchineel1838 long john1838 seringa1847 sack tree1849 jumbie tree1860 jumbie bean1862 king-tree1863 gauze-tree1864 mountain green1864 snowdrop tree1864 strong bark1864 switch-sorrel1864 candle-tree1866 maypole1866 angelique1873 poisonwood1884 porkwood1884 1672 J. Josselyn New-Englands Rarities 49 Spurge Lawrel, called here Poyson berry, it kills the English Cattle if they chance to feed upon it, especially Calves. 1696 H. Sloane Catal. Plantarum in Jamaica 169 Syringa laurifolia Jamaicensis..Poyson Berries. 1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 173 Blue Poison Berries... The nightingales are said to feed upon the berries of this shrub, which are reckoned very poisonous. 1811–12 W. J. Titford Sketches Hortus Botanicus Americanus 47 Rough-leaved Cestrum... Is a native of Jamaica, and there are eight other species, one called Poison-berries. 1890 Cent. Dict. Poison-berry, any one of the various species of Cestrum; also, the boraginaceous shrub Bourreria succulenta. [West Indies.] 1951 Dict. Gardening (Royal Hort. Soc.) III. 1619 Poison berry, several species of Cestrum have been so called. 1992 W. T. Parsons & E. G. Cuthbertson Noxious Weeds Austral. 593 Green cestrum, Chilean cestrum... Alternative names: green poison-berry, willow-leaved jessamine (N. America). < as lemmas |
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