| 单词 | hog plum tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmashog plum tree 1. The edible fruit of any of several trees of the genus Spondias (family Anacardiaceae), esp. S. mombin, of tropical America and the West Indies, which is a drupe with yellow flesh and thick skin, formerly used as food for pigs (also called yellow mombin). Also (more fully hog plum tree): the tree that bears this fruit. ΘΚΠ 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 > of tropical America > hog-plum tree hog plum tree1697 tallow-nut1791 mountain plum1837 hog plum1877 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > tropical exotic fruit > of South America or West Indies > Jamaica plum Jamaica plum1756 mombin1837 hog plum1887 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World v. 123 They have abundance of large Hog-Plumb-Trees growing about their Houses. 1725 H. Sloane Voy. Islands II. 127 Hog plum.—The wood is soft and used for cork. 1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 229 The Hog Plumb Tree... The fruit..supplies the principal part of the food of the wild hogs in the season. 1858 R. Hogg Veg. Kingdom 247 The Hog-Plums (Spondias)..of the West Indies and South America..produce fruit which is eatable. 1887 C. A. Moloney Sketch Forestry W. Afr. 305 Hog Plum or Yellow Spanish Plum of Jamaica, Spondias lutea.—Large tree. 1938 H. J. Quayle Insects of Citrus & Other Subtropical Fruits 243 The usual host plant of this species [of fruit fly] is the hog plum, Spondias mombin, a fruit of no economic value. 1997 A. J. Lack et al. Dominica Nature Island Illustr. Flora 19 Spondias mombin, the hog-plum or mombin, a pan-tropical tree 8–18 m. high, occurs in lowland areas along roadsides. < as lemmas |
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