| 单词 | raisin vine |
| 释义 | > as lemmasraisin vine raisin vine n. rare (a) a vine bearing grapes used for raisins; (b) an ornamental trailing vine, probably chocolate vine, genus Akebia (family Lardizabalaceae). ΚΠ 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 727 We may name it in English smal Raisin Vine. 1890 G. Eisen Raisin Industry 39 Riverside had entered the field in 1873, when the founder of that colony..planted there the first raisin-vines of the variety Muscat of Alexandria. 1913 W. K. Harris Outback in Austral. v. 34 The capital cost of planting the sultana exceeds that of the ordinary raisin vine, on account of trellising. 1932 L. B. Wilder Fragrant Path xi. 160 There are numerous other flowers that in a manner of speaking turn night into day. The little brown-flowered Raisin Vine is one of these. It gives to the night a spicy fragrance. 1977 Burlington (N. Carolina) Times-News 17 July c2/6 A friend gave me a raisin vine, a charming lacy little climber that has fragrant purple blossoms. < as lemmas |
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