单词 | spice-berry |
释义 | > as lemmasspice-berry spice-berry n. North American winter-green ( Gaultheria procumbens). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > medicinal trees or shrubs > [noun] > non-British medicinal trees or shrubs > wintergreen shrubs wintergreen1778 mountain tea1785 spice-berry1792 partridgeberry1814 tea-berry1818 ivory plum1828 twinberry1836 ivy-berry1840 partridge bush1843 Gaultheria1848 checker-berry1852 partridge-vine1860 snowberry1866 one-berry1873 1792 G. Imlay Topogr. Descr. Western Territory N. Amer. 216 There is a variety of shrubs in every part of the country, the principal of which are the myrtle and spice berry. 1852 C. P. Traill Canad. Crusoes vi. 177 The little creeping wintergreen,..which the Canadians call spice-berry. 1872 M. S. De Vere Americanisms 404 The queen..is said to be the lovely, creeping snowberry.., although others give the prize to the spice-berry. < as lemmas |
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