| 释义 |
‖ bilimbi|bɪˈlɪmbɪ|
Also 8 blimbi, 9 bilimby, blimbing.
[Tamul bilimbi, Malay bilimbing, Cingalese bilin.]
A tree (Averrhoa Bilimbi, family Oxalidaceæ), growing in India and Sri Lanka, which yields a juice used by the natives for the cure of skin-diseases; also its fruit.
1772–84Cook Voy. (1790) I. 247 There are fruits of various kinds, and particularly the blimbi, which has a sharp taste, and is a fine pickle. 1852F. Neale Resid. Siam xii, To see the fruit trees..the callacca, and the bilimby, the custard apple and the pomegranate. 1866Treas. Bot. 112 Averrhoa Bilimbi, the Blimbing. |