manchineel
/man-chuh-neel/US // ˌmæn tʃəˈnil //UK // (ˌmæntʃɪˈniːl) //
芒奇诺尔,芒奇诺,芒市,芒果
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a tropical American tree or shrub, Hippomane mancinella, of the spurge family, having a milky, highly caustic, poisonous sap.
Examples
The poison in this case is supposed to have been the Manchineel (Hippomane).
The poisonous manchineel was observed, a drop of whose milky juice will burn the flesh like vitriol.
I took one and cut it in two, remarking that it contained a circle of seeds or pips, instead of the stone of the manchineel.
"You went to sleep under the shade of some poison-trees, manchineel trees, we call them here," the doctor explained.
Especially I warned them against the manchineel, which ought to grow in this part of the world.
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