naseberryn.

Brit.

/ˈneɪzb(ə)ri/, U.S.

/ˈneɪsˌbɛri/, Caribbean English

/ˈniːzˌbɛri/,

/ˈniːsˌbɛri/

Forms: 1600s nasburies (plural), 1600s nasebury, 1700s nisberry, 1700s– naseberry, 1800s kneesberry, 1800s neesberry, 1800s neeseberry.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Spanish. Partly a borrowing from Portuguese. Etymons: Spanish néspera; Portuguese nêspera.

Etymology: Partly (i) < Spanish néspera medlar (also níspero medlar tree (1570; c1106 in forms nêšporo , nyêšporo ; c1326 in form néspero )), and partly (ii) < Portuguese nêspera (1555 in form nespora ), both < post-classical Latin nespula (see discussion s.v. mespil n.), with the last two syllables remodelled after berry n.¹ Compare nispero n., mespil n.In Spanish and Portuguese forms with -r- probably after Spanish pera, Portuguese pera pear n. The variants kneesberry, neesberry, neeseberry, and perhaps nisberry apparently represent a pronunciation with a raised front vowel in the first syllable.

Chiefly Jamaican.

The sapodilla, a tropical American fruit with a sugary brown flesh; (more fully naseberry tree) the sapodilla tree, Manilkara zapota (family Sapotaceae), which bears this fruit, has hard, durable wood, and yields chicle.

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1679 T. Trapham Disc. Health Jamaica iv. 59 First the delicious well concocted musmillion most temptingly presents..also..Tamarinds, Nasburies, sower Sops.

1697 Philos. Trans. 1695–7 (Royal Soc.) 19 435 The Chrysodendros Americana, or Star-apple, the Nasebury Tree.

1725 H. Sloane Voy. Islands II. 171 Naseberry. This tree riseth up with a streight trunc..about thirty foot high.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. App. Naseberry tree, the English name of a distinct genus of plants, called by botanists Cainito, or Chrysophyllum.

1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 200 The Nisberry Tree.

1801 T. Dancer Med. Assistant 364 Neeseberry (Achras sapota)—Seeds in Emulsion, a fine Bitter.

1851 P. H. Gosse Naturalist's Sojourn Jamaica 268 The Naseberry, or neesberry, the nispero of the Spanish colonists..is one of the richest and most agreeable of West Indian fruits.

1892 M. North Recoll. Happy Life I. 99 The Sapodilla or kneesberry whose fruit is about the size of an apple and tastes like a medlar.

1933 C. McKay Banana Bottom xv. 159 Naseberries as emollient to the throat as marshmallows.

1949 V. S. Reid New Day i. iv. 24 There is a naseberry tree hanging far over the water.

1995 L. Goodison To us, all Flowers are Roses 19 But of all fruit The most perfect is The dark ocher Taste like rosewater Color like logwood honey That is a naseberry.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	naseberry
释义	naseberryn. Brit. /ˈneɪzb(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈneɪsˌbɛri/, Caribbean English /ˈniːzˌbɛri/, /ˈniːsˌbɛri/ Forms: 1600s nasburies (plural), 1600s nasebury, 1700s nisberry, 1700s– naseberry, 1800s kneesberry, 1800s neesberry, 1800s neeseberry. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Spanish. Partly a borrowing from Portuguese. Etymons: Spanish néspera; Portuguese nêspera. Etymology: Partly (i) < Spanish néspera medlar (also níspero medlar tree (1570; c1106 in forms nêšporo , nyêšporo ; c1326 in form néspero )), and partly (ii) < Portuguese nêspera (1555 in form nespora ), both < post-classical Latin nespula (see discussion s.v. mespil n.), with the last two syllables remodelled after berry n.¹ Compare nispero n., mespil n.In Spanish and Portuguese forms with -r- probably after Spanish pera, Portuguese pera pear n. The variants kneesberry, neesberry, neeseberry, and perhaps nisberry apparently represent a pronunciation with a raised front vowel in the first syllable. Chiefly Jamaican. The sapodilla, a tropical American fruit with a sugary brown flesh; (more fully naseberry tree) the sapodilla tree, Manilkara zapota (family Sapotaceae), which bears this fruit, has hard, durable wood, and yields chicle. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tropical or exotic fruit-tree or -plant > of tropical America > sapodilla-tree naseberry1679 sapodilla1697 sapodilla-tree1697 sapota1760 nispero1858 mesple1978 1679 T. Trapham Disc. Health Jamaica iv. 59 First the delicious well concocted musmillion most temptingly presents..also..Tamarinds, Nasburies, sower Sops. 1697 Philos. Trans. 1695–7 (Royal Soc.) 19 435 The Chrysodendros Americana, or Star-apple, the Nasebury Tree. 1725 H. Sloane Voy. Islands II. 171 Naseberry. This tree riseth up with a streight trunc..about thirty foot high. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. App. Naseberry tree, the English name of a distinct genus of plants, called by botanists Cainito, or Chrysophyllum. 1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 200 The Nisberry Tree. 1801 T. Dancer Med. Assistant 364 Neeseberry (Achras sapota)—Seeds in Emulsion, a fine Bitter. 1851 P. H. Gosse Naturalist's Sojourn Jamaica 268 The Naseberry, or neesberry, the nispero of the Spanish colonists..is one of the richest and most agreeable of West Indian fruits. 1892 M. North Recoll. Happy Life I. 99 The Sapodilla or kneesberry whose fruit is about the size of an apple and tastes like a medlar. 1933 C. McKay Banana Bottom xv. 159 Naseberries as emollient to the throat as marshmallows. 1949 V. S. Reid New Day i. iv. 24 There is a naseberry tree hanging far over the water. 1995 L. Goodison To us, all Flowers are Roses 19 But of all fruit The most perfect is The dark ocher Taste like rosewater Color like logwood honey That is a naseberry. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1679
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