| 单词 | hottentot cherry |
| 释义 | > as lemmasHottentot cherry Hottentot cherry n. ( Cassine Maurocenia).extracted from cherryn.Hottentot cherry Hottentot cherry n. (also Hottentot's cherry) the evergreen shrub Maurocenia frangularia (family Cealstraceae), native to South Africa; (also) the small edible berry produced by this plant. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > non-British shrubs > [noun] > African Aspalathus1601 othonne1601 honey flower1712 amber tree1719 Melianthus1731 rhinoceros bush1731 Hottentot cherry1740 sparmannia1801 renosterbos1822 ratsbane1846 black parsley1861 tail-grape1884 milk-tree1885 poison-bush1885 rooibos1893 Natal bottlebrush1907 moonflower1913 1740 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. (new ed.) at Frangula Frangula sempervirens, folio rigido subrotundo. Hort. Elth. Evergreen berry-bearing Alder, with a round stiff leaf, commonly called the Hottentot Cherry. 1773 W. Hanbury Compl. Body Planting & Gardening II. 372/1 Cape Cherry, Maurocenia, or Hottentot Cherry, rises with a woody, branching stem to ten or twelve feet high. 1880 Handbk. S. Afr. (S. W. Silver & Co.) (ed. 3) 138 Hottentot Cherry is the fruit of Maurocenia Capensis..a shrub growing in the ravines of Table Mountain. 1997 B. van Wyk & P. van Wyk Field Guide Trees Southern Afr. 326 Hottentot's cherry... Evergreen shrub or small tree; occurring in mountain ravines and in coastal bush on rocky seashores. < as lemmas |
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