| 单词 | boxthorn |
| 释义 | > as lemmasboxthorn boxthorn n. any of various shrubs of the genus Lycium (family Solanaceae), typically having small fleshy leaves, tubular flowers, and red berries; also with distinguishing word. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > thorny berry-bush > [noun] > box-thorn bush or berry boxthorn1578 lycium1597 Barbary tea1728 matrimony1818 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball vi. xxxiii. 700 We may cal it in English, Boxe thorne, Asses Boxe tree, and prickley Boxe, also Lycium: Thorne Boxe. 1825 E. Kent Sylvan Sketches 53 The European Boxthorn..is a native of the South of Europe; it grows about ten feet high. 1992 Austral. Garden Hist. Jan. 4/1 Hedges of boxthorn (Lycium ferocissimum) bordered the eastern edge of the Gardens until the last few years. 2001 D. Russell Eye of Whale viii. 187 Out in the middle of the desert,..where boxthorns are the only vegetation, there lives a little man in a little shack with a little dog. < as lemmas |
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