英语词汇“prickwood”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

prickwood

释义

ˈprickwood
[See prick n. 14.]
a. The Spindle-tree, Euonymus europæus. ? Obs.
b. The Wild Cornel or Dogwood, Cornus sanguinea. dial.
a.1661Lovell Hist. Anim. & Min. 115 They [Sheep] are hurt by aconite, nereon, prickwood, savin,..and scortching fennel.1760J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 323 Prick Wood, Euonymus.1861Miss Pratt Flower. Pl. II. 64 Euonymus Europæus (Common Spindle-tree)..known to the old English herbalists chiefly by the name of Prickwood.
b.1869Hardwicke's Sc. Gossip 1 Feb. 30/1 The Dog⁓wood (Cornus sanguinea) means dagge-wood, dagge being the old English equivalent for a dagger, and the wood having been used for skewers... In Buckinghamshire it is still called Prickwood and Skewerwood.1886Britten & Holl. cite it from N. Bucks.

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