| 释义 |
oslin Sc.|ˈɒzlɪn|
[Derivation obscure; perh. of Fr. origin.]
Name of a variety of apple, reputed to have been long cultivated in Scotland.
[1802W. Forsyth Treat. Fruit-Trees 64 Orzelon Pippin, a small early yellow Apple.] 1817Neill Brit. Hortic. 209 The Oslin pippin is sometimes called the Original, and sometimes the Arbroath pippin; by Forsyth it is named Orzelon... The Oslin has been for time immemorial cultivated at St. Andrew's and Arbroath. 1861C. Innes Sk. Early Sc. Hist. iii. 464 Only seven sorts of apples, among which is not found the Oslin, the earliest of all, and the favourite of after generations at Kilravock. |