prickle pearn.

Brit.

/ˈprɪkl ˌpɛː/, U.S.

/ˈprɪk(ə)l ˌpɛ(ə)r/

Forms: see prickle n.¹ and pear n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: prickle n.¹, pear n.

Etymology: < prickle n.¹ + pear n. Compare later prickpear n. at prick n. Compounds 2, prickly pear n.

= prickly pear n.

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1610 True Declar. Estate Colonie Virginia 24 They found..the Palmeto tree, the prickle peare.

1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia v. 170 The Prickell-peare..growes like a shrub by the ground, with broad thick leaues, all ouer-armed with long and sharpe dangerous thornes.

1672 W. Hughes Amer. Physitian 38 Most call it the Prickle-Pear Bush, and the fruit the Prickle-Pear.

1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World viii. 222 Here are several sorts of Fruits, as Guavo's, Pine-apples, Melons, and Prickle Pears.

1704 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 24 1615 It is there said, that there is a certain Plant call'd the Prickle Pear, or Indian Fig.

1757 Bradley's Gen. Treat. Agric. (new ed.) i. 457 It is also a pity that no body attempts to make the prickle-pear of Jamaica useful: I am persuaded it would make a beautiful and lasting dye.

1792 M. Riddell Voy. Madeira 86 A tribe of the cactus, or prickle-pear species.

1836 J. Hildreth Dragoon Campaigns Rocky Mts. xvi. 141 It was covered with the prickle-pear.

1904 Bismarck (N. Dakota) Daily Tribune 15 Aug. 3/5 His feet lacerated by the thorns of the prickle pear.

1953 Joplin (Missouri) Globe 28 June 2/4 Because of the long drought, the prickle pear now has become so dehydrated that it is no longer edible.

2004 Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 1028 481 We have tested the..antioxidant properties of betalains from the prickle pear in an in vitro model of endothelial cells.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	prickle pear
释义	prickle pearn. Brit. /ˈprɪkl ˌpɛː/, U.S. /ˈprɪk(ə)l ˌpɛ(ə)r/ Forms: see prickle n.¹ and pear n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: prickle n.¹, pear n. Etymology: < prickle n.¹ + pear n. Compare later prickpear n. at prick n. Compounds 2, prickly pear n. = prickly pear n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > tropical exotic fruit > prickly pear tuna1555 Opuntia1601 prickled pear1610 prickle pear1610 prickpear1622 prickly pear1696 pear apple1898 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 > prickly pear plants tuna1555 Opuntia1601 prickled pear1610 prickle pear1610 prickpear1622 Indian fig1631 prickly pear1696 pimploe1698 pear1805 1610 True Declar. Estate Colonie Virginia 24 They found..the Palmeto tree, the prickle peare. 1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia v. 170 The Prickell-peare..growes like a shrub by the ground, with broad thick leaues, all ouer-armed with long and sharpe dangerous thornes. 1672 W. Hughes Amer. Physitian 38 Most call it the Prickle-Pear Bush, and the fruit the Prickle-Pear. 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World viii. 222 Here are several sorts of Fruits, as Guavo's, Pine-apples, Melons, and Prickle Pears. 1704 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 24 1615 It is there said, that there is a certain Plant call'd the Prickle Pear, or Indian Fig. 1757 Bradley's Gen. Treat. Agric. (new ed.) i. 457 It is also a pity that no body attempts to make the prickle-pear of Jamaica useful: I am persuaded it would make a beautiful and lasting dye. 1792 M. Riddell Voy. Madeira 86 A tribe of the cactus, or prickle-pear species. 1836 J. Hildreth Dragoon Campaigns Rocky Mts. xvi. 141 It was covered with the prickle-pear. 1904 Bismarck (N. Dakota) Daily Tribune 15 Aug. 3/5 His feet lacerated by the thorns of the prickle pear. 1953 Joplin (Missouri) Globe 28 June 2/4 Because of the long drought, the prickle pear now has become so dehydrated that it is no longer edible. 2004 Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 1028 481 We have tested the..antioxidant properties of betalains from the prickle pear in an in vitro model of endothelial cells. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1610
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