| 单词 | blue fig |
| 释义 | > as lemmasblue fig blue fig n. (a) any of numerous cultivated varieties of the fig tree ( Ficus carica) having blue or purple fruits (more fully blue fig tree); (also) the fruits themselves; (b) Australian the large tree Elaeocarpus grandis (also called E. angustifolius) (family Elaeocarpaceae) of eastern Australia, which has small blue fruits; cf. quandong n. 1c. ΚΠ 1624 B. Jonson Neptunes Triumph sig. B3 A Fruicterer, with a cold red nose, Like a blue fig. 1718 J. Laurence Fruit-garden Kal. 90 Toward the latter End of the Month [of August] we may expect first the White, and then the Blue Fig to be ripe. 1884 A. Nilson Timber Trees New S. Wales 34 Blue fig. Elaeocarpus grandis. 1951 C. J. J. Watson N. Queensland Building Timbers (Queensland Forest Service) 22 Silver Quandong (Caloon, Blue Fig)... Elaeocarpus grandis. 1963 San Antonio (Texas) Light 18 Aug. 4B/7 I have a blue fig tree which I planted in my back yard a good two years ago. 2006 R. E. Paull in R. E. Paull & J. Janick Encyc. Fruit & Nuts 346 Elaeocarpus grandis..known as brush of silver quandong and blue fig, with a sour and insipid fruit. < as lemmas |
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