| 单词 | poison-weed |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspoison-weed poison-weed n. (a) = poison ivy n.; (b) Australian = poison-bush n. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > poisonous or harmful plants > [noun] > poison ivy poison-weed1624 poison vine1709 Toxicodendron1722 poison oak1739 poison ivy1782 ivy1788 mercury1792 1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia 170 The poysoned weed [in the Bermudas] is much in shape like our English Iuy. margin, The poison weed. 1708 J. Oldmixon Brit. Empire in Amer. II. 374 They also have the Poison Weed, which is like English Ivy, and the Touch of it causes a Pain and Tumour for the present, but it goes off again. 1856 L. J. F. Jaeger Jrnl. 20 Sept. in S. Calif. Hist. Soc. Publ. (1928) XIV. 128 2 of the mules died at the Tinajas Altas—I think they ate some of the poison weed also. 1898 Bulletin (Sydney) 19 Mar. 3/2 The poison-weed's a-growing, and the ‘norther’ is a-blowing. 1922 Science 27 Jan. 92/2 This minister of the gospel was boldly entering upon paths lined with harvest fields of truth which to his contemporaries were fields of poison weeds. 2000 Tennessean (Nexis) 29 June 1D Pull up the poison weed, then starting at the top, turn the wrapper inside out. The ivy is inside and you toss it without ever touching it. < as lemmas |
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