| 单词 | minshull crab |
| 释义 | > as lemmasMinshull crab 3. With qualification applied to some cultivated varieties of the apple (tree and fruit), as Minshull crab; and to other species of the genus, as cherry crab n. Pyrus baccata, Chinese crab n. P. spectabilis, Siberian crab n. P. prunifolia, garland crab n. or American crab-apple ( Pyrus coronaria), and several other North American species. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > apple > crab-apple wood-applec1000 wood crab14.. crabc1450 scrab1467 wilding1526 choke-apple1600 crab-apple1712 cherry-apple1858 Siberian crab1858 souring1866 1657 J. Beale in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 43 517 The croft Crab and white or red Horse-pear do excel them, and all others. 1858 R. Hogg Veg. Kingdom 308 The small Cherry Apple or Scarlet Siberian Crab..used for making quasar punch. 1881 M. E. Braddon Asphodel I. vi. 177 The snowy clusters of the American crab..and seringa, lilac, laburnum, guelder rose. 1882 Garden 28 Oct. 381/2 The Chinese Crab..[is] a tree unsurpassed in beauty by any of the class. < as lemmas |
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