| 单词 | red mombin |
| 释义 | > as lemmasred mombin The mango-like fruit of any of several hog-plum trees of the genus Spondias (family Anacardiaceae), esp. (more fully yellow mombin) the orange-yellow fruit of S. mombin, or (more fully red mombin) the fruit of S. purpurea (also called Spanish plum), ripening purple with yellow flesh; a hog plum. Also: any of these trees. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > other fruits > [noun] tamarind1539 zizypha1546 guava1555 tuna1555 turpentine1562 mango1582 mammee1587 durian1588 lychee1588 sapota1589 fritter1591 mangosteen1598 custard apple1648 longan1655 mammee sapota1657 mammee apple1683 breadfruit1697 coco-plum1699 rambutan1707 pawpaw1709 locust bean1731 sapodilla1750 cherimoya1758 wild lime1767 Otaheite apple1777 narra1779 langsat1783 rose apple1790 cinnamon apple1796 sapota plum1797 bhindi1809 salak1820 gingerbread plum1824 geebung1827 loquat1829 sapodilla plum1830 sage-apple1832 kangaroo-apple1834 karaka-fruit1834 quandong1836 mombin1837 terap1839 zapote1842 tamarind plum1846 prairie pea1848 Barbados-cherry1858 kei-apple1859 Natal plum1859 bullock's heart1866 guava-apple1866 Sierra Leone peach1866 Turkey fig1866 marula1877 scarlet banana1885 Suriname cherry1895 feijoa1898 pear apple1898 ume1918 pepino1922 Chinese gooseberry1925 num-num1926 acerola1954 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > tropical exotic fruit > of South America or West Indies > Jamaica plum Jamaica plum1756 mombin1837 hog plum1887 1796 J. G. Stedman Narr. Exped. Surinam II. xxiii. 168 We also met with a kind of wild plum-tree called monpe: the fruit is yellow, oblong, and small; the stone is large, the pulp thin, and though of a sharp acid has an agreeable flavour.] 1837 J. Macfadyen Flora Jamaica I. 228 The fruit [of Spondias graveolens] is called Mombin by the French colonists. 1871 C. Kingsley At Last I. ii. 100 We admired this and that..and an old hog-plum—Mombin of the French—a huge tree. 1920 W. Popenoe Man. Trop. & Subtrop. Fruits iv. 156 The red mombin is a small tree, often spreading in habit. 1920 W. Popenoe Man. Trop. & Subtrop. Fruits iv. 159 The Yellow Mombin..is generally considered inferior in quality to the red mombin. 1972 A. F. Simmons Growing Unusual Fruit 202 Yellow mombin or hog plum (Spondias mombin). The egg-shaped yellow fruits are about 1 in long and sub-acid to sweet. 1997 A. J. Lack et al. Dominica Nature Island Illustr. Flora 19 Spondias mombin, the hog-plum or mombin, a pan-tropical tree 8–18 m. high, occurs in lowland areas along roadsides [in Dominica]. red mombin red mombin n. see mombin n. < as lemmas |
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