| 单词 | spirit-leaf |
| 释义 | > as lemmasspirit-leaf spirit-leaf n. now rare a small herbaceous plant native to tropical America, Ruellia tuberosa (family Acanthaceae), having pale purple, funnel-shaped flowers and seed pods which burst explosively when moistened; = spirit weed n. 1.Now usually called many-roots or duppy gun. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Acanthaceae (acanthus) > [noun] sea-docka1400 bear's footc1400 bear claw1543 acanthus1551 brank-ursine1551 bear's breech1565 acanth1648 Malabar nut1694 spirit-leaf1696 spirit weed1699 snap-tree?1711 many-roots1750 ruellia1751 Christmas pride1756 menow weed1756 strobilanthes1836 adelaster1863 bear's breeches1882 1696 H. Sloane Catal. Plantarum in Jamaica 52 Gentianella flore cœruleo integro vasculo seminali ex humidi contractu impatiente... Spirit leaf. 1794 in H. Barham Hortus Americanus (index) Vulnerary,..Semper vive, Spirit-leaf, Tobacco, Tooth-wort, [etc.]. 1864 A. H. R. Grisebach Flora Brit. W. Indian Islands 787/2 Spirit-leaf, Ruellia tuberosa. 1967 F. G. Cassidy & R. B. Le Page Dict. Jamaican Eng. Spirit-leaf.., the common plant Ruellia tuberosa, whose pods burst when wet (whence perh the element ‘spirit-’). < as lemmas |
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