单词 | saskatoon berry |
释义 | saskatoon berryn. The fruit of the shrub or small tree Amelanchier alnifolia (family Rosaceae), which is a small purple pome with a sweet, nutty flavour used as a source of food, originally by North American Indians. Also: the shrub itself, which is native to northwestern North America and has toothed, oval leaves and white flowers. Cf. saskatoon n.Also called Juneberry, service-berry. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tree or plant producing edible berries > service-berry or shadbush service1785 saskatoon1802 service-berry1805 Juneberry1810 shad-blossoma1817 shad-flower1817 shad-bush1818 grape-pear1840 service tree1844 shad-blow1846 saskatoon berry1887 veitchberry1913 Indian pear1956 1802 P. Fidler Jrnl. 29 Mar. in A. M. Johnson Saskatchewan Jrnls. & Corr. (1967) 319 (notes) The rest made 20 bags of Pemmican & 3 for myself 2 of Saskutten Berries. 1875 Earl of Southesk Sask. & Rocky Mts. Table of Contents vii Saskootoom Berries. [Not in the text, which gives the Cree name Meesasskootoom-meena.] 1887 Jrnls. Senate Canada 21 App. 122 I consider the saskatoon berry a very important plant. 1921 Beaver Oct. 12/1 It proved to be the very best of berry pemmican, made of dried pounded buffalo tongues, marrow fat, sugar, and dried saskatoon berries. 1984 M. A. Jarman Dancing nightly in Tavern 75 Ray struggles to turn back..to go home with her to the heartland..to eat game hens and steelhead and Saskatoon berries under skies not cloudy all day. 1992 G. B. Straley Trees Vancouver 162 Amelanchier alnifolia Nutt. Saskatoon-Berry or Western Service-Berry. This is a common shrub or small tree, especially in the dry interior and on rocky places near the coast. 2005 Toronto Star 19 Jan. f3/1 Canadian cuisine means more than maple syrup and back bacon, he says. It means looking farther and wider, from coast to coast, for Nunavut char, Saskatoon berries, Ontario goat cheese, [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1802 |
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