| 单词 | jew's apple |
| 释义 | > as lemmasJew's apple Jew's apple n. (also Jews' apple) the fruit of the eggplant or aubergine, Solanum melongena; the plant itself. [Perhaps so called because the aubergine may first have been introduced to the Caribbean by Jewish people; compare quot. 1756 for brown jolly n. at brown adj. Compounds 2.] ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > fruits as vegetables > aubergine mad-apple1578 rage apple1578 raging apple1578 raging love apple1578 verangene1587 brinjal1611 brown jolly1756 melinzane1775 melongena1785 melongene1793 aubergine1796 vegetable egg1797 egg-fruit1811 Jew's apple1838 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > fruits as vegetables > aubergine > egg-plant eggplant1767 melongena1785 garden egg1811 Jew's apple1838 1838 G. Don Gen. Hist. Dichlamydeous Plants IV. 432/2 Melongene Egg-plant, Mad-apple, and Jews'-apple. 1849 J. C. Loudon Horticulturalist 606 The Egg plant, Mad Apple, or Jew's Apple, Solanum Melongea.., is an erect branchy annual, a native of Africa, and cultivated in British gardens for its fruit. 2017 J. Nathan King Solomon's Table 106 She picked up several eggplants,..so-called ‘Jew's apples’, there were big ones for salad, thin long ones for stuffing, and tiny ones for pickling or candying. < as lemmas |
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