单词 | bush-rope |
释义 | bush-ropen. A name given to certain climbing shrubs in tropical forests, esp. to species of Cissus or Wild Vine. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > climbing, trailing, or creeping shrubs > [noun] > non-British Paullinia1753 Pothos1754 corchorus1759 water vine1774 cobaea1805 bush-rope1814 combretum1819 kerria1823 pishamin1826 guarana1838 stephanotis1843 lapageria1849 pear-withe1864 waw-waw1864 Bougainvillaea1866 pyxie1882 pine-barren beauty1883 Madagascar jasmine1884 streptosolen1938 1814 Q. Rev. 11 70 They are in many places so closely interwoven with rattan and bush-rope that they seem to be spun together. 1825 C. Waterton Wanderings in S. Amer. i. i. 91 A vine called the Bush-rope by the wood cutters, on account of its use in hauling out the heaviest timber. 1826 S. Smith Wks. (1859) II. 74 The bush-rope joins tree and tree, so as to render the forest impervious. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < n.1814 |
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