| 单词 | sweet chestnut |
| 释义 | > as lemmassweet chestnut sweet chestnut n. the common or Spanish chestnut, Castanea sativa, as distinguished from the bitter inedible horse chestnut n.; also, the fruit or timber of this tree. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > edible nuts or nut-trees > [noun] > chestnut chesteine1362 castanea1398 chestnut1519 Sardian acorn1551 maroon1594 sweet chestnut1818 marron1877 Sardinian acorn1895 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > edible nuts or nut-trees > [noun] > chestnut > chestnut tree chesteinea700 chesteine-treea1330 castanea1398 chestnut tree1535 chestnut1578 Spanish chestnut1763 sweet chestnut1818 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian vii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. III. 172 Large sweet chesnut-trees and beeches. 1838 J. C. Loudon Arboretum III. 1983 The term Sweet Chestnut is applied with reference to the fruit. 1909 H. J. Elwes & A. Henry Trees Great Brit. & Ireland IV. 844 The Sweet or Spanish Chestnut..is..one of the largest trees in England. 1956 Handbk. Hardwoods (Forest Products Res. Lab.) 72 Sweet chestnut bears a close resemblance to oak but is more easily worked. 1977 New Yorker 4 July 22/2 If he could, he would supplement local bounty only with sweet chestnuts and Korean pears. 1981 G. Keynes Gates of Memory xxix. 351 Nearer to us were glorious stands of trees,..sweet chestnuts hundreds of years old with twisted trunks. < as lemmas |
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