| 单词 | marron chestnut |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmarron chestnut The nut of the sweet chestnut, Castanea sativa, esp. as used in cooking or eaten as a sweetmeat; spec. one of an extra large variety resulting from the abortion of two of the three nuts in the cupule. Also in marron chestnut. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > edible nuts or nut-trees > [noun] > chestnut chesteine1362 castanea1398 chestnut1519 Sardian acorn1551 maroon1594 sweet chestnut1818 marron1877 Sardinian acorn1895 1877 H. E. Scudder Recoll. S. Breck iii. 66 The fine large marron chestnuts were brought to us..for a cent a hundred. 1884 tr. A. de Candolle Origin Cultivated Plants ii. v. 353 Olivier de Serres, in the sixteenth century, praises the chestnuts Sardonne and Tuscane, which produced the single-kernelled fruit called the Lyons marron.] 1934 Amer. Home July 83/1 A jar each of brandied peaches, grenadine oranges, marrons, and ginger. 1980 K. Boyle Fifty Stories 91 He had some flowers and some candied marrons sent to her. < as lemmas |
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