| 释义 |
yuzu, n.
Brit. |ˈjuːzuː|, U.S. |ˈjuˌzu|
Plural unchanged, -s
Forms: also with capital initial.
[‹ Japanese yuzu (1745 or earlier), either ‹ yu, denoting the tree or its fruit (c 934 ‹ Middle Chinese) + su, variant of shi offspring, fruit (‹ Middle Chinese), or shortened < yunosu (1603 in Vocabulario da Lingoa de Iapam) ‹ yu (see above) + no, possessive particle + su (see above). Compare Chinese (Mandarin) yoùzi, (Cantonese) yaú ji pomelo.
Compare scientific Latin junos (Siebold 1830; ‹ Japanese yunosu).]
A variety of the bitter orange tree (Citrus aurantium or C. junos) originating in China and now widely cultivated in Japan and Korea. Also: the edible fruit of this tree, used for culinary and medicinal purposes.
1910Galveston (Texas) Daily News 22 Jan. 8/1 This Yuzu stock of the Japanese is distinctly different from either the sour orange stock or the citrus trifoliata. 1931Bot. Gaz. 92 299 (table) C. junos.Yuzu... Wild in Yunnan; cultivated in Japan, Korea. 1990Gourmet Nov. 230/3 He lightly broiled a wedge of sea bass..and then steamed it, mixing the juice of a Japanese citrus, yuzu, with the condensed drippings and pouring the liquid over the fish. 2001Scientia Horticulturae 87 191 The ‘Yuzu’ (Citrus junos Sieb. ex Tanaka) and related acid citrus cultivars are commercially important in Japan. |