| 单词 | ramgoat |
| 释义 | > as lemmasramgoat ramgoat n. now chiefly Caribbean (a) an adult male goat; †(b) (also ramgoat bush) any of several, chiefly strong-smelling, Caribbean and tropical American plants; esp. Zanthoxylum tragodes (family Rutaceae) and Turnera ulmifolia (family Turneraceae) (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > subfamily Caprinae (goat) > [noun] > male buckc1000 goat buckOE ramgoat1566 buck-goatc1615 puckaun1735 willy-goat1809 billy1849 billy-goat1860 the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > non-British shrubs > [noun] > American or West Indian ramgoat bush1566 burton-wood1697 cowage cherry1725 Jack-in-the-busha1726 screw tree1739 lady of the night1752 goatweed1756 solandra1797 silk-tassel1833 garrya1835 matico1839 choisya1840 Romneya1845 jointer1847 creosote-bush1851 creosote-plant1854 bridal wreath1856 ocotillo1856 adelaster1863 sage rose1864 white horse1864 tree poppy1866 Tacsonia1869 rain tree1877 piquillin bush1884 tassel-bush1891 bush poppy1899 Mexican orange1923 shrimp plant1941 1566 W. Adlington tr. Apuleius .XI. Bks. Golden Asse xxvi. f. 70v A great nomber of beastes, amongest whiche there was a bigge Ram goate, fatte, olde, and hearie. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 8 In Angola..some adore the Deuill in forme of a bloudie Dragon..Others a Ram-goat. 1668 F. Kirkman Eng. Rogue II. i. lxviii. 82 They have many Idols amongst them which they hold in great esteem, as a Ram-goat, a Bat, an Owl, a Snake, or Dog, to whom they ceremoniously bow or kneel. 1801 W. Somerville Jrnl. 20 Nov. in Narr. Journeys Eastern Cape Frontier (1979) iv. 108 Horns like the Ram Goat, tail differs, being longer. 1832 M. Scott in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 32 474 They..ran butt at each other like ram-goats. 1847 Trinidad Spectator 31 Mar. 2 Da butt like a ram goat. 1882 in Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 23 No. 13. 38 Ramgoat-bush... The whole plant has a strong smell. 1958 J. Carew Black Midas i. 14 He was a lean white man with a ram-goat beard. 1996 E. Lovelace Salt iv. 44 The Shango palais where they kill unspotted ramgoats and wring the neck of white and red cockerels. < as lemmas |
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