单词 | native orange |
释义 | > as lemmasnative orange native orange n. Australian any of several Australian shrubs or small trees bearing edible globular orange fruits, esp. species of orange-thorn (genus Citriobatus, family Pittosporaceae) and wild caper (genus Capparis, family Capparaceae) (also native orange tree); the fruit of any of these trees; cf. native pomegranate n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > edible berries > pomegranate pomegranatec1330 garneta1400 apple-garnadec1400 Punic?1440 Punical pomec1450 grenade?1533 granate1568 apple Punic1601 Punic apple1601 granate-applea1622 grenado1656 balausta1842 native orange1860 the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > berry > [noun] > pomegranate > type of pomegranate native orange1860 1860 J. M. Stuart Jrnl. 24 Apr. in Explor. Austral. (1864) 166 The native orange-tree abounds here. 1889 J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants Austral. 12 ‘Small Native Pomegranate’, ‘Native Orange’... The fruit is from one to two inches in diameter, and the pulp, which has an agreeable perfume, is eaten by the natives. 1936 C. Chewings Back in Stone Age 27 In rocky ground in the ranges the native orange..is common enough. 1996 J. T. Hospital Oyster (1997) 352 A line of wild native orange trees straggled up the slope. < as lemmas |
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