| 单词 | lotus-berry |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslotus-berry lotus-berry n. rare †(a) the fruit of Ziziphus lotus (see sense 7) (obsolete); (b) (in full lotus-berry tree) the locust-berry tree, Byrsonima spicata. 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 1799 J. Leyden Hist. Sketch Discov. & Settlem. Afr. 304 The water, sweetened with the juice of the lotus berry, forms a pleasant gruel. 1837 J. Macfadyen Flora Jamaica I. 148 Byrsonima coriacea. Lotus-berry Tree. 1920 W. Fawcett & A. B. Rendle Flora Jamaica IV. 222 B[yrsonima] coriacea... Locus-berry tree,..Lotus-berry tree. < as lemmas |
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