释义 |
‖ kaki|ˈkaːki| [Japanese.] The Chinese date plum or persimmon of Japan, Diospyros Kaki.
1727J. G. Scheuchzer tr. Kæmpfer's Hist. Japan I. i. 116 There are three different sorts of Fig-trees growing in Japan. One is call'd Kaki, if otherwise it may be called a Fig-tree, it differing from it in several particulars. 1795tr. C.P. Thunberg's Trav. Europe, Afr. & Asia (ed. 2) III. 61 Another cause [of diarrhœa] supervened, viz. the excessive eating of the fruit of the Kaki (Diospyros kaki) which was at this time ripe. Ibid. IV. 38 For the desert [sic], they have kaki-figs. 1866Treas. Bot. 411/2 The fruit of the Kaki or Chinese Date Plum, is as large as an ordinary apple, of a bright red colour. 1889Sci. Amer. LX. 225 The hybridizing of the kaki and the American persimmon. 1892F. T. Piggott Garden of Japan 43 The golden clusters of tiny flowers of Diospyros kaki give promise of a rich harvest of luscious fruit in the autumn—the Kaki loved of the Japanese. 1920W. Popenoe Man. Tropical & Subtropical Fruits xii. 353 (heading) The Kaki or Japanese Persimmon. Ibid. 354 The kaki is a deciduous tree growing up to 40 feet in height. Ibid. 355 From Japan the kaki has been carried around the world. 1936K. Nohara True Face of Japan v. 162 The fruiterer with apples, mandarines and kaki fruits. 1951Dict. Gardening (R. Hort. Soc.) II. 688/1 D[iospyros] Kaki. Kakee or Chinese Persimmon. Ibid. III. 1098/1 Kaki. See Diospyros Kaki, Japanese name. 1965J. Ohwi Flora Japan 725/1 Diospyros kaki Thunb...—Kaki-no-ki. |