| 单词 | locust berry |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslocust berry locust berry n. (also locus berry) originally Jamaican the fleshy edible fruit of the tropical American tree Byrsonima spicata (family Malpighiaceae); (more fully locust-berry tree) the tree itself (now rare); (in later use also) the related shrub B. lucida. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > berry-bush or -tree > [noun] > tropical American or West Indian > locust-berry bush or fruit locust berry1727 lotus-berry1799 locust tree1831 1727 Some Mod. Observ. Jamaica 13 in Whartoniana II Along the sandy Beaches, wild Grapes and wild Cherries, Locust Berries, Cocoa, and Coco-nuts. 1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 215 It seems to have a near resemblance to the Locust-berry tree. 1920 W. Fawcett & A. B. Rendle Flora Jamaica IV. 222 Locus-berry tree (Browne). 2004 D. F. Austin Florida Ethnobot. 258 In the Everglades, where periodic fires maintain the pine flatwoods, the locust berry (Byrsonima lucida) is a small shrub. < as lemmas |
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