| 单词 | nanking cherry |
| 释义 | > as lemmasNanking cherry In full Nanking cherry. A hardy early-flowering species of cherry, Prunus tomentosa, native to temperate East Asia and cultivated elsewhere for its ornamental white or pink-tinged flowers and sweet juicy red fruit. ΚΠ 1925 Democrat & Chron. (Rochester, N.Y.) 29 Apr. 16/6 I heard park folk say the other day..that the Nanking cherry..is in bloom. 1969 R. Hay & P. M. Synge Dict. Garden Plants 344/2 [Prunus] tomentosa... Manchu or Nanking Cherry... Often used as a flowering hedge. 1977 Soil Conservation June 19/3 Birds feed on the Nanking cherry bushes, which also produce enough fruit for home canning. 1991 M. Kenyon Kleinberg ii. xxi. 138 She'd baked a pie; somehow, God knows how, had picked cherries from her withered Nanking in the tiny yard behind the shop. 1996 Denver Post 13 Apr. e2/6 A lovely, tough, wide-spreading shrub with early frost-resistant pink flowers is Nanking cherry, Prunus tomentosa. < as lemmas |
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