| 单词 | adam's needle-and-thread |
| 释义 | > as lemmasAdam's needle-and-thread 1. Any of several yucca plants with narrow sharp-pointed leaves, esp. (in early use) Yucca gloriosa, and (now more usually) Y. filamentosa, both native to eastern North America and cultivated elsewhere in gardens. Also Adam's needle-and-thread. Cf. yucca n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [noun] > yuccas yucca1664 Adam's Needle1730 bear grass1750 Spanish Bayonet1823 yucca-tree1828 Spanish dagger1859 dagger-plant1866 dasylirion1880 sotol1881 soap-weed1884 1730 J. Cowell Curious & Profitable Gardener ii. i. 19 As I go along, I may take notice too, that, by Tradition, the Jucca is called Adam's Needle. 1792 W. Bartram Trav. N. & S. Carolina (new ed.) ii. iii. 69 Just without the trees..is a barricade of Palmetto royal (Yucca gloriosa) or Adam's needle, which grows so thick together, that a rat or bird can scarcely pass through them. 1856 ‘E. S. Delamer’ Flower Garden 158 Yucca—Adam's Needle.—In appearance, something between dwarf Palm-trees and Aloes. 1892 Pop. Sci. News Apr. 56/1 There is another species, Yucca filamentosa, that grows in the Eastern States, which is known as ‘Adam's needle’. 1938 B. Damon Grandma 73 A clump of yuccas, ‘Adam's needle-and-thread’. 1976 S. M. Gault Dict. Shrubs in Colour 208/1 Adam's needle... A very hardy and beautiful plant growing in the warmest temperate areas to 3.65m. 2007 P. Derano Creating Deer Proof Garden 60 I use Adam's needle extensively, and it never fails to add a unique look to its location. < as lemmas |
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