| 单词 | melon tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmelon tree melon tree n. the papaya tree, Carica papaya. ΚΠ 1728 R. Bradley Dict. Botanicum Melo Corcopali, The American Quince Melon-tree..bearing a large Fruit as great as a Melon.] 1885 Cassell's Encycl. Dict. IV. ii Melon-tree (Bot.), the Papaw. 1929 H. A. A. Nicholls & J. H. Holland Text-bk. Trop. Agric. (ed. 2) ii. xii. 369 Papaw, Carica papaya... Fruits..yellowish when ripe and not unlike a large melon (hence the name ‘melon tree’ sometimes given). 1972 Y. Lovelock Veg. Bk. i. 109 The melon tree.., of Central American origin, bears fruit known as pawpaw or papaya. < as lemmas |
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