单词 | mammee apple |
释义 | > as lemmasmammee apple mammee apple n. Brit. /ˈmamɪ ˌapl/ , U.S. /ˈmæmi ˌæp(ə)l/ , West African English /ˌmami ˈapul/ (also mummy apple) (a) = sense 1; (b) (more fully African mammee apple) a West African tree, Mammea africana, with an edible fruit, related to the mammee; (c) wild mammee apple n. the fruit of the bacuri, Platonia esculenta, a South American tree related to Mammea americana.ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > other fruits > [noun] tamarind1539 zizypha1546 guava1555 tuna1555 turpentine1562 mango1582 mammee1587 durian1588 lychee1588 sapota1589 fritter1591 mangosteen1598 custard apple1648 longan1655 mammee sapota1657 mammee apple1683 breadfruit1697 coco-plum1699 rambutan1707 pawpaw1709 locust bean1731 sapodilla1750 cherimoya1758 wild lime1767 Otaheite apple1777 narra1779 langsat1783 rose apple1790 cinnamon apple1796 sapota plum1797 bhindi1809 salak1820 gingerbread plum1824 geebung1827 loquat1829 sapodilla plum1830 sage-apple1832 kangaroo-apple1834 karaka-fruit1834 quandong1836 mombin1837 terap1839 zapote1842 tamarind plum1846 prairie pea1848 Barbados-cherry1858 kei-apple1859 Natal plum1859 bullock's heart1866 guava-apple1866 Sierra Leone peach1866 Turkey fig1866 marula1877 scarlet banana1885 Suriname cherry1895 feijoa1898 pear apple1898 ume1918 pepino1922 Chinese gooseberry1925 num-num1926 acerola1954 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 1683 J. Poyntz Present Prospect Tobago 9 The Mamme Apple grows to the Magnitude of a Pound Pear. 1796 J. G. Stedman Narr. Exped. Surinam II. xix. 73 Among many other excellent fruits, I observed one which is here called the Mammee apple. 1863 R. F. Burton Wanderings W. Afr. II. 34 Custard-apples, guavas,..maumee-apples. 1887 C. A. Moloney Sketch Forestry W. Afr. 280 African Mammee apple (Ochrocarpus africanus), a tree 40 to 50 feet high. 1898 Montserrat Herald 18 June 2/3 To gather the green mammy-apples. 1905 Daily Graphic 16 Jan. 4/4 The mummy-apple, a delicate tree-melon, springs up spontaneously wherever land is cleared. 1909 J. Huber in S. J. Record & C. D. Mell Timbers Trop. Amer. (1924) 442 The largest Amazonian tree..is the ‘bacury’, Platonia insignis Mart... The fruit, which is of about the size and color of a large orange, is succulent and edible, and is called wild mammee apple. 1911 J. London Adventure vii. 85 Mummy apples, which he had regarded as weeds, under her guidance appeared as appetizing breakfast fruit. 1968 K. S. La Fortune Legend of T-Marie iv. 18 These baskets contained some of the..sweetest fruits of the estate. Mamie apples, Governor plums, [etc.]. 1990 D. K. Abbiw Useful Plants of Ghana i. 15 The rest [of West African gum-yielding trees] are Hildegardia barteri (Akyere),..Mammea africana African Mammy Apple (Bornpagya) [etc.]. 1992 A. M. Polak Major Timber Trees Guyana 150 Platonis insignis Mart... Pakuri.., Wild mammee apple... Fruit a berry, golden yellow, more or less globose. < as lemmas |
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