| 释义 |
water tree
noun
: any of several chiefly tropical plants with fluids that may be used as an emergency source of drinking water: as
a. : a large Ceylonese pitcher plant (Nepenthes distillatoria)
b. : an African woody vein (Tetracera potatoria) that yields abundant watery sap when a large stem is cut
c. : any of several chiefly arborescent Australian plants (as of the family Proteaceae) that yield a watery sap when the bark or roots are cut; especially : a needle wood (Hakea leucoptera) that stores water in its thickened roots |