| 单词 | gingerbread palm |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgingerbread palm gingerbread palm n. the doum palm, Hyphaene thebaica (family Arecaceae), the fruit of which has a dry, spongy texture and a flavour supposedly similar to that of gingerbread; cf. doum n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > palm trees > [noun] > doum palm doum1709 gingerbread palm1863 hyphaene1878 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 > doum palm doum1709 gingerbread palm1863 1863 J. H. Speke Jrnl. Discov. Source Nile v. 101 The rich flat district of Mininga, where the gingerbread-palm grows abundantly. 1909 Moderator-topics 25 Mar. 552/1 Now we see a gingerbread palm, and now strange flowers and plants. 1974 Tucson (Arizona) Daily Citizen 10 Jan. 17 One specimen, a gingerbread palm from Egypt, is unusual in that it has several branches where most palms have just a single stem. 2012 D. Hurd Coconut Comes in Due Season xii. 114 They feasted on meat caught in the forest and on the plains, and drank fresh wine fermented from the gingerbread palms. < as lemmas |
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