| 单词 | lotebush |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslotebush lotebush n. (a) the jujube tree Ziziphus lotus (rare); (b) U.S. any of various other shrubs or trees of the genus Ziziphus or closely related genera; esp. Z. obtusifolia. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > trees or plants bearing stone fruit > jujube tree zizypha1546 jujube-tree1548 jujube1562 lote-tree1581 lotus tree1601 lote1658 mangosteen1750 lotus1809 lotebush1846 wongai tree1947 1846 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom 582 The Lote-bush, which gave its name to the Ancient Lotophagi, is to this day collected for food by the Arabs of Barbary. 1858 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Patents 1857: Arts & Manuf. I. 240 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (35th Congr., 1st Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc. 32, Pt. 1) VII Of the chaparral plants there are three species of ‘Lote-bush’, or jujube, all belonging to the genus Zizyphus. 1890 Cent. Dict. Sadr, the lote-bush, Zizyphus Lotus. 1981 L. D. Benson & R. A. Darrow Trees & Shrubs Southwestern Deserts (ed. 3) 146 Ziziphus, Jujube, Lotebush. 2008 Rangeland Ecol. & Managem. 61 497/2 The woody vegetation consists of mesquite with some lotebush. < as lemmas |
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