English Dictionary

strophanthus

名詞

Any of several African plants of the genus Strophanthus, some of which yield arrow poisons.

日本語の意味

アフリカ原産のストロファントゥス属の植物。中には矢毒の原料となるものも含まれる。

The botanist carefully extracted sap from a strophanthus to study its potential as an arrow poison.

その植物学者は、矢の毒を生むことで知られるアフリカ原産の植物から樹液を慎重に抽出して、その性質を調べた。

意味（1）

Any of several African plants of the genus Strophanthus, some of which yield arrow poisons.

But where the conical explosive bullets of the twentieth century were of no avail, the poisoned arrows of the natives, dipped in the juice of strophanthus and steeped afterwards in decayed carrion, could succeed.

strophanthuses （ plural ）