| 单词 | indian peach |
| 释义 | > as lemmasIndian peach Indian peach n. any of several varieties of peach tree naturalized in North America, formerly thought to be indigenous; esp. one bearing fruit having deep red flesh; (also) the fruit of such a tree. ΚΠ 1709 J. Lawson New Voy. Carolina 110 Of this sort we make Vinegar; wherefore we call them Vinegar-Peaches, and sometimes Indian Peaches. 1832 W. R. Prince Pomological Man. (ed. 2) i. 33 There is a Blood clingstone, cultivated in the Southern States, called there Georgia or Indian Peach. 1884 Cent. Mag. Jan. 442/1 One large and hardy peach-tree was so early and so widely distributed..that it was called the Indian peach, and was thought to be indigenous. 1933 W. W. Robbins & F. Ramaley Plants useful to Man 245 The plant spread throughout the southern part of the United States where naturalized forms have long gone by the name of ‘Indian peach’. 1993 B. Kingsolver Pigs in Heaven 220 These here are Indian peaches, they call them. Blood red in the center. 2002 Business Week 9 Dec. 128 His nectarines and cherries are wonderful, but his pièce de résistance may be the Indian blood peaches picked in mid-September. < as lemmas |
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