单词 | nectarine tree |
释义 | > as lemmasnectarine tree 1. A variety of the peach tree, Prunus persica var. nucipersica, bearing fruit with a smooth skin (also nectarine tree); the fruit of this tree. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > stone fruit > [noun] > peach > nectarine nectarine1616 brugnon1658 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > stone fruit > peach > nectarine nectarine1616 Roman red nectarine1629 brugnon1658 murrey1664 Roman nectarine1664 α. β. 1653 R. Austen Treat. Fruit-trees 57 I shall joyne the Nectrine with the Aprecock, although another kind of fruit.1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. vi. 227 Where there are now growing..7 sorts of Nectrons and Peaches.1715 London Gaz. No. 5360/9 Good Peaches, Nectrons and Apricock Trees.1616 G. Markham tr. C. Estienne et al. Maison Rustique (rev. ed.) iii. i. 335 The principall fruit trees which delight to be planted against a wall, are peaches, abricots, nectaryas [sic], all sorts of sweet plumbs. 1629 J. Parkinson Paradisi in Sole iii. xvi. 582 I presume the name Nucipersica doth most rightly belong vnto that kinde of Peach, which we call Nectorins, and although they haue beene with vs not many yeares, yet haue they beene knowne both in Italy to Matthiolus, and others before him. 1666 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense (ed. 2) 25 Now also plant Peaches and Nectarines. 1676 G. Etherege Man of Mode v. i. 76 A strange desire I had To eat some fresh Nectaren's. 1690 W. Temple Ess. Gardens of Epicurus in Wks. (1720) I. 183 The only good Nectorins are the Murry and the French. 1712 J. Arbuthnot John Bull Still in Senses ii. 9 John had his golden Pippens, Peaches and Nectarnes. 1734 S.-Carolina Gaz. 19 Oct. 3/1 An Orchard consisting of Quince, Apple, Peach and Nectrine Trees. a1763 W. Shenstone Ess. in Wks. (1765) II. 17 On an earwig that crept into a nectarin. 1803 W. Forsyth Treat. Fruit-trees (ed. 2) iii. 55 I have often heard of Peaches and Nectarines growing on the same tree. 1854 ‘M. Harland’ Alone xxxi Black eyes, nectarine bloom and pouting rosy lips. 1896 Rural World 4 Jan. 5/3 Leave the..nectarine trees unnailed to keep the blossoms as backward as possible. 1909 Chambers's Jrnl. Jan. 23/2 Different kinds [of fruit] from the comparatively hardy apple to the delicate nectarine and grape. 1924 Farmers' Bull. No. 1435. 2 Bacterial spot is an orchard disease which affects fruits, twigs, and leaves of the peach, apricot, nectarine and plum. 1994 Hispanic Jan. 114/2 Linden Riesling 1992 from Virginia is an elegantly fruity, off-dry wine with attractive peach and nectarine aromas. < as lemmas |
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