| 单词 | scotch attorney |
| 释义 | > as lemmasScotch attorney Scotch attorney n. Caribbean (now rare) any of several tropical plants which twine around the trunks of trees and may eventually kill them; spec. any of various species of Clusia, and the strangler fig (genus Ficus); cf. Scotchman hugging the (also †a) Creole at Scotchman n. 3b. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > poisonous or harmful plants > parasitic plants > [noun] > other beech-drops1815 rafflesia1822 Scotchman hugging the (also a) Creole1828 Brugmansia1832 John Crow nose1844 pinedrops1848 nettle-blight1849 Scotch attorney1864 Jim Crow's nose1866 witchweed1881 devil's guts1889 1850 Hooker's Jrnl. Bot. 2 283 The Fig is considered the most useless tree in Jamaica. The bark makes a very good cordage, but there are others..that yield a better; and by universal consent it is looked down upon as the embodied principle of evil, and compared to a Scotch attorney strangling a Creole proprietor.] 1864 A. H. R. Grisebach Flora Brit. W. Indian Islands 787 Scotch attorney: Clusia. 1871 C. Kingsley At Last I. v. 164 The Matapalo (or Scotch Attorney, as it is rudely called here) stands alone on stilted roots. 1962 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 75 330/1 Matapel. Ficus spp. Matapalo. Scotch Attorney. 2004 D. F. Austin Florida Ethnobot. 309/2 Another name that conveys the contempt that people have for these trees is Scotch attorney (Trinidad). Usually, however, in English, we simply say strangler fig. < as lemmas |
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