| 单词 | rough-skinned plum |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrough-skinned plum rough-skinned plum n. now rare the edible fruit of the tree Parinari excelsa (family Chrysobalanaceae), which has rough, pitted skin (also called gingerbread plum, grey plum); (also) the tree itself, native to tropical and subtropical Africa. ΚΠ 1826 Gardener's Mag. 1 ii. 165 Parinarium excelsum, rough-skinned plum; a timber tree, with fruit like the imperatrice plum, in size and shape. 1836 J. Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. (ed. 2) 159 The Rough-skinned, or Gray plum of the same colony [sc. Sierra Leone] is the produce of Parinarium excelsum. 2008 Lost Crops Afr. (National Res. Council (U.S.) Board Sci. & Tech. for Internat. Devel.) III. ii. v. 266 The rough-skinned plum (Parinari excelsa Sabine) is also commonly called gingerbread plum. < as lemmas |
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