单词 | ananas |
释义 | ananasn. 1. The pine-apple plant ( Ananassa sativa) or fruit. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > tropical exotic fruit > pineapple pina1572 pine1587 ananas1613 pineapple1624 king pine1657 crown1683 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tropical or exotic fruit-tree or -plant > pineapple plant ananas1613 pineapple1624 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage I. v. xii. 431 Of their fruits Ananas is reckoned one of the best: In taste like an Apricocke, in shew a farre off like an Artichoke, but without prickles, very sweet of sent. 1729 B. Mandeville Fable Bees ii. v. 219 The first Ananas, or Pine-apple, that was brought to Perfection in England, grew in his [sc. Sir M. Decker's] Garden at Richmond. 1744 J. Thomson Summer in Seasons (new ed.) 83 Witness, thou best Anana, thou the Pride Of vegetable Life. 1811 T. Baldwin (title) Short practical directions for the culture of the ananas, or pine-apple tree. 1841 I. D'Israeli Amenities Lit. II. 229 [Rawleigh] had given..England the Virginian tobacco, and perhaps the delicious ananas. 2. An allied West Indian fruit, the Penguin ( Bromelia pinguin) (Johnson). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1884; most recently modified version published online November 2010). < n.1613 |
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