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单词 whip-crop
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whip-crop
whip-crop n.
Brit. /ˈwɪpkrɒp/
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U.S. /ˈ(h)wɪpˌkrɑp/
a local name for several shrubs or trees whose stems are used for whipstocks, as the white-beam ( Pyrus aria) and the wayfaring tree ( Viburnum lantana).
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a1850 W. A. Bromfield Flora Vectensis (1856) 167 P[yrus] Aria,..White Beam-tree. Vect. Whipcrop,..The long, straight and very tough shoots are cut for whip-handles by waggoners.
a1850 W. A. Bromfield Flora Vectensis (1856) 235 The slender stems [of Viburnum Lantana] are used..for whip-handles,..as might be inferred from the vernacular name of Whipcrop.
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