| 单词 | shoe-black plant |
| 释义 | > as lemmasshoe-black plant 2. In full shoe-black plant = shoe-flower n. at shoe n. Compounds 3. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [noun] > China-rose China-rose1731 Martinique rose1797 shoe-flower1814 shoeblack1837 1837 J. Macfadyen Flora Jamaica I. 66 The flowers, from the mucilaginous juice they contain, are employed to give a polish to the leather of shoes; and hence the plant has received the name of the shoe-black. 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Shoe-black,..a name in Jamaica for the Hibiscus rosa sinensis. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 589/1 Hibiscus Rosa sinensis... These flowers..are used..in Java for blacking shoes, whence the plant is frequently called the Shoe-black Plant. 1965 Harper's Bazaar Feb. 18/3 The scarlet blossoms of the bush they [sc. Jamaicans] call the Shoe-Black. < as lemmas |
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