| 单词 | quince pear |
| 释义 | > as lemmasquince pear quince pear n. now rare (originally) (perhaps) a quince; (later) a variety of pear. ΚΠ 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Quince peare, cidonium. 1597 J. Gerard Herball iii. xciii. 1268 Pyrum Cydonium. The Quince peare [etc.]. 1620 T. Venner Via Recta vii. 111 Quince-Peares are of a very hard and wooddish substance. 1704 tr. J. Nieuhof Voy. E.-Indies in A. Churchill & J. Churchill Coll. Voy. II. 326/2 With very fair broad Leaves, like those of the Quince Pear-tree. 1855 Trans. State Agric. Soc. Michigan 1854 6 62 Half dozen quince pear. 1907 Kansas City (Missouri) Star 15 Dec. In these mountains he secured cuttings of the delicious quince-pear, hitherto sought in vain. < as lemmas |
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