单词 | date tree |
释义 | > as lemmasdate tree date tree n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > palm trees > [noun] > date-palm phoenixOE datec1390 date treea1425 date palm1625 wild date1866 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > trees or plants bearing stone fruit > date-palm datec1390 phoenixa1398 date treea1425 date palm1625 wild date1866 a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) (1891) l. 1364 Fyges and many a date tree [Fr. datier] There wexen. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Song of Sol. vii. 7 Thy stature is like a date tre. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xiii. iv. 385 Date trees love a light and sandie ground. 1720 E. Lloyd tr. J. Chardin Trav. Persia II. v. 69 The Date-Trees will bear near two Hundred Mans [Fr. Mans] of Fruit at a Time. 1844 Gardener & Pract. Florist 3 557/1 The first and best known, and the most useful of all the palms, is, undoubtedly, the Date Tree. 1901 Meehan’s Monthly Aug. 119/1 If the States or United States are to experiment with date growing, it would be far better to import an experienced date grower, as well as the date trees. 2009 Belfast Tel. (Nexis) 5 Dec. 22 We had over 10 acres of land, over a hundred coconut and date trees and a rice paddy. < as lemmas |
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