英语词汇“scotchman hugging the creole”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. Caribbean. Scotchman hugging the (also †a) Creole: any of several tropical plants which twine around the trunks of trees and may eventually kill them; spec. = Scotch attorney n. at Scotch adj. and n.³ Compounds 4. Now rare.

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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

1825 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 16 Apr. 137 I do not recollect their constantly comparing this ivy to the Scotchman twisting himself round the Creole; and yet this is as common in the Island of Jamaica and in all the English Islands as the commonest sayings in England.]

1828 A. Abbot Let. 8 Mar. in Lett. written Interior Cuba (1829) xvi. 59 But of all sights, the most amusing, and that continually to be seen, is the Scotchman hugging the creole, as it is very significantly called. This often takes place on the loftiest trees of the forest,—especially the ceyba.

1833 M. Scott Tom Cringle's Log II. iii. 113 Do you see that Scotchman hugging the Creole, eh?

1889 Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. 25 May 6/6 One more queer tree is the wild fig, familiarly called ‘Scotchman hugging a Creole’.

1903 Garden 17 Oct. 266/2 Speaking of the ‘Scotchman hugging the Creole’..I believe it was a species of Clusia the folks in Jamaica told me was like unto a Scotch attorney.

单词	scotchman hugging the creole
释义	> as lemmas Scotchman hugging the (also †a) Creole b. Caribbean. Scotchman hugging the (also †a) Creole: any of several tropical plants which twine around the trunks of trees and may eventually kill them; spec. = Scotch attorney n. at Scotch adj. and n.³ Compounds 4. Now rare. 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 1825 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 16 Apr. 137 I do not recollect their constantly comparing this ivy to the Scotchman twisting himself round the Creole; and yet this is as common in the Island of Jamaica and in all the English Islands as the commonest sayings in England.] 1828 A. Abbot Let. 8 Mar. in Lett. written Interior Cuba (1829) xvi. 59 But of all sights, the most amusing, and that continually to be seen, is the Scotchman hugging the creole, as it is very significantly called. This often takes place on the loftiest trees of the forest,—especially the ceyba. 1833 M. Scott Tom Cringle's Log II. iii. 113 Do you see that Scotchman hugging the Creole, eh? 1889 Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. 25 May 6/6 One more queer tree is the wild fig, familiarly called ‘Scotchman hugging a Creole’. 1903 Garden 17 Oct. 266/2 Speaking of the ‘Scotchman hugging the Creole’..I believe it was a species of Clusia the folks in Jamaica told me was like unto a Scotch attorney. extracted from Scotchmann. < as lemmas
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