| 单词 | sour gourd |
| 释义 | > as lemmassour gourd sour gourd n. (the fruit of) the Baobab, Adansonia digitata, or the related species A. gregorii. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > yielding fibre, thatching, or basket material > [noun] > trees or shrubs yielding fibre, etc. > baobab tree > fruit sour gourd1640 monkey bread1770 1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum 1632 The Ethiopian sowre Gourde..groweth in Mozambique..on a faire great tree. 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 327 Sour Gourd, Æthiopian, Adansonia. 1857 A. Henfrey Elem. Course Bot. 247 The fruit of the Baobab, the Monkey-bread or Ethiopian Sour-gourd, has an agreeable acid pulp. 1873 R. Bentley Man. Bot. (ed. 3) ii. iii. 438 A[dansonia] Gregorii... A native of N. Australia, where it is known as Sour Gourd and Cream of tartar tree. < as lemmas |
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