单词 | plumcot |
释义 | plumcotn. Horticulture. A hybrid between the plum, Prunus domestica, and the apricot, Prunus armeniaca, developed to make it possible to grow an apricot-like fruit at higher latitudes; the fruit of this hybrid. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > stone fruit > [noun] > plum > apricot plum apricot plum1707 plumcot1903 pluot1988 1903 Science 13 Feb. 263/1 They..are like no other fruit existing. They are new creations in the fullest sense of the term, like Burbank's plumcots. 1914 L. Burbank Methods & Discoveries v. 284 And it was a fruit of a new order—neither apricot nor plum..it seemed appropriate to christen the new fruit Plumcot. 1944 College Eng. 5 430 He..knows how to splash in a parrot-green adverb or a tomato-red noun, and how to coin an adjective as luscious and voluptuous as a plumcot. 1995 Mother Earth News Feb.–Mar. 96/3 Plumcots..have an apricot's flavor and a plum's firmness. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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