| 单词 | kaffir orange |
| 释义 | > as lemmaskaffir orange kaffir orange n. either of two thorny southern African shrubs with hard-shelled, yellow, edible fruits, Strychnos pungens and S. spinosa (family Loganiaceae); (also) a fruit of either of these shrubs; = klapper n. 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 > African fruit-plants mammee apple1683 num-num1770 guarri1789 pigeon plum1826 gingerbread tree1829 Guinea peach1829 kaffir orange1852 marula1857 kei-apple1859 Natal plum1859 klapper1863 Sierra Leone peach1866 velvet tamarind1866 Dingaan's apricot1868 wild orange1932 1852 R. J. Garden Diary 22 Apr. (Killie Campbell Africana Libr.: Capt. R. J. Garden Papers MS 29081) Mrs Wylder took up a Caffir orange & tried to explain to her that the earth was round. 1952 S. Cloete Curve & Tusk (1953) xiii. 112 There were patches where the marsala or kaffir orange grew, its round, hard-shelled fruit a favourite dish of the baboon and kudu. 1996 P. Godwin Mukiwa (1997) viii. 134 They would stand on the very edge of the road with their hands outstretched, proffering mangos and kaffir oranges and snot apples and cream-of-tartar pods. < as lemmas |
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