单词 | shot-bush |
释义 | shot-bushn. U.S. A name for two species of Aralia: the small prickly tree Hercules' club, A. spinosa, and the Wild Sarsaparilla, A. nudicaulis. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Araliaceae family or plants > [noun] panax?a1200 petit morelc1425 aralia1756 petty morel1778 pigeonweed1785 shot-bush1785 ginseng1818 1785 M. Cutler in Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. 1 431 Aralia... Berry-Bearing Angelica. Shot Bush. Pigeon Weed. Blossoms white. Berries black. Common in new plantations. 1845–50 A. H. Lincoln Familiar Lect. Bot. (new ed.) App. 75/2 Aralia..spinosa (shot-bush, angelica tree). 1872 M. S. De Vere Americanisms 414 In the South the Tear-Coat (Aralia spinosa), also humorously called Shot-Bush, rises almost to the dignity of a tree, its prickles being quite formidable to the hunting-shirts and Indian blankets. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1785 |
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