单词 | sour lime |
释义 | > as lemmassour lime a. The globular fruit of the tree Citrus Medica, var. acida, smaller than the lemon and of a more acid taste; more explicitly sour lime. Its juice is much used as a beverage. sweet lime n. Citrus Medica, var. Limetta. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > citrus fruit > [noun] > lime lime1638 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > citrus fruit > lime pome-adam1600 lime1638 Java lemon1831 poor man1912 1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 28 The Ile [Mohelia] inricht us with many good things;..Orenges, Lemons, Lymes. 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World x. 296 The Lime is a sort of bastard or Crab-limon. The Tree, or Bush that bears it is prickly, like a Thorn, growing full of small boughs. 1744 J. Thomson Summer in Seasons (new ed.) 82 To where the Lemon and the piercing Lime,..Their lighter Glories blend. 1785 W. Cowper Task iii. 573 The ruddier orange and the paler lime. 1857 A. Henfrey Elem. Course Bot. 260 Citrus Limetta, the cultivated Sweet Lime. < as lemmas |
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