“echites”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

echites

释义

eˈchites
Also 7 echite.
[a. Gr. ἐχίτης, f. ἔχις viper.]
†1. A precious stone, dark-green, red, or violet, with fabulous properties, found in India and Persia; cf. aetites. Obs.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xvi. xxxviii. (1495) 565 Echites conteyneth and bredyth a nother stone wythin.1567J. Maplet Gr. Forest 6 Echites is a stone..without the which the Eagle can not bring forth her yong.1688R. Holme Armoury ii. 40/1 The Echite is a stone..of a violet colour.1731Bailey vol. II, Echites, a precious stone, of a darkish-green colour, somewhat resembling a viper.
2. Bot. A genus of climbing plants (family Apocynaceæ), ‘so called from its twisting habits’.
1731Bailey vol. II, Echites, an herb, a kind of Clivers.1858Glenny Gard. Everyday Bk. 138/1 Echites are beautiful climbers.

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