| 单词 | marula tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmarula tree 1. A tree, Sclerocarya birrea subsp. caffra (family Anacardiaceae), found in tropical and subtropical central and southern Africa, which has dark green, glossy foliage and an edible yellow fruit resembling a plum. Also marula tree. 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 1857 D. Livingstone Missionary Trav. S. Afr. viii. 165 Another tree, the ‘Morala’..has never been known to be touched by lightning. 1868 D. Oliver Flora Trop. Afr. I. 449 S[clerocarya] Caffra,..Mozamb. Distr. Lake Nyassa and other localities in Zambesi-land. Native name ‘Morula’. 1881 E. E. Frewer tr. E. Holub Seven Years S. Afr. II. 391 We passed some more of the morula-trees. 1890 P. Gillmore Through Gasa Land 296 The meruley tree..seems to be a cross between a green plum and a walnut or hickory. 1907 Transvaal Agric. Jrnl. Jan. 411 The Meroola or Marula..a few specimens of the whole fruit of this tree were obtained. 1910 J. Buchan Prester John ix. 168 Tied up to a merula tree, were two of the finest beasts I had seen in Africa. 1939 S. Cloete Watch for Dawn xxix. 430 The wagon was jacked up by a big marula tree. 1950 Cape Argus 17 July 7/7 The maroela, a plant found in the Transvaal. 1993 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 30 Jan. f8/4 Elephants wandered into the camp to eat the fruit of the marulu trees. < as lemmas |
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