| 单词 | cabbage bark tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmascabbage bark tree cabbage bark tree n. a tropical American tree, Andira inermis (family Fabaceae ( Leguminosae)), from which cabbage bark is obtained; cf. cabbage tree n. 2. 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 > cabbage-bark tree cabbage bark tree1777 cabbage tree1796 1777 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 67 507 The Cabbage-bark tree, or Worm-bark tree, grows in..Jamaica. 1814 J. Lunan Hortus Jamaicensis I. 130 Cabbage Bark Tree..is chiefly remarkable on account of the quality of its bark, which has been found to be an excellent vermifuge. 1901 O. F. Cook Shade in Coffee Culture (U.S. Dept. Agric.) 47 A leguminous tree called ‘cabbage tree’ or ‘cabbage bark tree’, on account of its disagreeable odor, resembling that of the well-known vegetable. 1999 S. Hubbell Waiting for Aphrodite (2000) 142 I stood at the base of the cabbage bark tree, which leaned out over the creek, and looked up at the series of aluminium ladders..bolted to the tree. < as lemmas |
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