| 单词 | poisonwood tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspoisonwood tree More fully poisonwood tree. Any of several kinds of poisonous tree: (a) the poison sumac, Toxicodendron vernix; (b) a related tree, Metopium toxiferum (family Anacardiaceae), of Florida and the West Indies (also called burnwood, coral sumac); (c) a small tree, Gymnanthes lucida (family Euphorbiaceae), native to Florida and the West Indies. Cf. poison tree n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > sumacs > [noun] buck's-horna1450 rhus?1541 sumac1548 Venice sumac1597 poisonwood1671 poison tree1676 swamp sumac1722 urushi1727 stag-horn1753 Venetian sumac1755 poison ash1757 ipoh1779 poison sumac1785 ailanthus tree1789 Japan varnish1789 vinegar-plant1797 mountain sumac1813 poison dogwood1814 upas1814 karee1815 fustet1821 taaibos1821 poison elder1822 varnish sumac1822 Japan lacquer1835 tree of heaven1845 anacard1847 smoke plant1856 tanners' sumac1858 swamp dogwood1859 smoke-tree1860 wax-tree1866 wig-sumac1867 wig-tree1867 burnwood1874 vinegar-tree1874 mountain manchineel1884 valley of death tree1888 sugar-bush1900 smoke bush1902 the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > sumacs > [adjective] poisonwood1671 ailanthic1870 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 1671 J. Winthrop Let. Sept. in H. Oldenburg Corr. (1971) VIII. 266 Here is a sort of wood w[hi]ch groweth in low swampy places in many parts of this Country, w[hi]ch they commonly call Poyson Wood. 1722 Philos. Trans. 1720–21 (Royal Soc.) 31 145 The Poyson-Wood-Tree grows only in Swamps, or low wet Grounds, and..is by some called the Swamp Sumach. 1731 M. Catesby Nat. Hist. Carolina I. pl. 40 Toxicodendron folijs alatis fructu purpureo Pyri formi sparso. The Poison-Wood... From the trunc of this Tree distils a Liquid black as Ink, which the Inhabitants say is Poison. 1756 T. Birch Hist. Royal Soc. II. 314 Mr. Oldenburg read a letter written to him from the Bermudas..containing diverse particulars relating to the tides, whales, sperma ceti, poison-wood,..and the longevity of the inhabitants. 1852 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 22 263 These with a brush of poison-wood were in flames all around. 1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants Poisonwood, W. Indian, Sebastiania lucida. 1930 R. Macaulay Staying with Relations ix. 127 There..was..the nettle that one chews when one has inadvertently been spattered by the milky juice of the poison~wood tree. 1965 F. Knebel Night of Camp David xv. 248 A crescent moon perched above the thicket of gumbo limbo and poisonwood trees. 1995 Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch 18 June g8/4 Rangers actually cancel tours on rainy days because the water dripping from poisonwood leaves can leave a group scratching. < as lemmas |
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