| 单词 | rattle bush |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrattle bush rattle bush n. any of several plants of the family Fabaceae ( Leguminosae) having inflated seed pods that rattle when dry; esp. the West Indian Crotalaria incana and wild indigo, Baptisia tinctoria (cf. rattlebox n. 2). ΘΚΠ 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 1750 G. Hughes Nat. Hist. Barbados 212 The inclosed Peas, when ripe, make a Rattling Noise when shaken by the Wind. From hence they derive the Name of Rattle-Bush, or Shake-Shake. 1848 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 7) 729/1 Rattlebush, Sophora tinctoria. 1879 H. F. A. Eggers Flora of St. Croix (Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. No. 13) 41 Leguminosæ..C. incana..Rattle-bush. 1892 C. F. Millspaugh Medicinal Plants 52-1 Baptisia..wild indigo, dyer's baptisia, horsefly weed, rattle bush. 1983 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald Amer. 12 June (Star Mag.) 8/4 Baptisia—an old reliable plant... Sometimes called a ‘rattle bush’ because dry seeds rattle in the pods. 1993 S. Carrington Wild Plants Barbados 45/2 Crotalaria incana L. Rattle Bush... Tropics and sub-tropics; not common; in sour grass pastures. < as lemmas |
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