| 单词 | ethiopian sour gourd |
| 释义 | > as lemmasEthiopian sour gourd Ethiopian sour gourd n. the African baobab tree, Adansonia digitata; the acidic fruit of this tree. ΚΠ 1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum 1632 The Ethiopian sowre Gourde..groweth in Mozambique..on a faire great tree. 1786 J. Abercrombie Gardener's Pocket Dict. III. 156 Adansonia Baobab (Bahobab.) or Æthiopian Sour Gourd. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 17 A. digitata, the Baobab, Ethiopian Sour Gourd, or Monkey-bread. 1904 R. N. Hall & W. G. Neal Anc. Ruins Rhodesia (ed. 2) ix. 115 The baobab-tree (adansonia digitata) is a native of Africa, and is known as the monkey-bread tree, or African calabash, or Ethiopian sour-gourd tree. 2007 R. Watson Afr. Baobab i. 22 Several European names derive from the popularity of the pith, as..a substitute for tartaric acid—‘cream-of-tarter tree’ (kremetartboom in Afrikaans) or ‘Ethiopian sour gourd’. < as lemmas |
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