in medieval legend, the allegorical tree which yielded the oil of mercy, and was at length to bear Christ for the healing of humankind.
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| 释义 | the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > mythical plant or fruit (9) tree of mercyc1375 in medieval legend, the allegorical tree which yielded the oil of mercy, and was at length to bear Christ for the healing of humankind. Sodom apple1605 A fruit (now usually identified with that of the mudar, Calotropis procera (family Apocynaceae)) which, according to legend, appears tempting but… apple of Sodom1635 (a) a fruit (now usually identified with that of the mudar, Calotropis procera (family Asclepiadaceae)) which, according to legend, appears… Sodom fruit1737 = Sodom apple, n. 1a. Yggdrasil1770 In Scandinavian mythology, the great tree whose branches and roots extend through the universe. Also allusively. Dead Sea fruit1817 = see apple of Sodom n. at apple, n. phrases 3f. Dead Sea apple1869 = apple of Sodom n. at apple, n. phrases 3f. triffid1951 In the science-fiction novel The Day of the Triffids, by John Wyndham (1903–69), one of a race of menacing plants, possessed of locomotor ability… tree-people1954 in fantasy or fiction: (a) persons that live in trees; (b) animated trees. |
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