| 单词 | tallow-nut |
| 释义 | > as lemmastallow-nut tallow-nut n. a thorny tree, Ximenia americana (N.O. Olacaceæ), native of tropical America, bearing a plum-like fruit containing a white seed or ‘nut’; also called hog plum n., mountain plum n. at mountain n. and adj. Compounds 2d. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tropical or exotic fruit-tree or -plant > of tropical America > hog-plum tree hog plum tree1697 tallow-nut1791 mountain plum1837 hog plum1877 1791 W. Bartram Trav. N. & S. Carolina 94 These shelly ridges have a vegetable surface of loose black mould, very fertile, which naturally produces..Tallow-nut, or Wild Lime, and many others. 1884 C. S. Sargent Rep. Forests N. Amer. 34 Wild Lime. Tallow Nut... Common and reaching its greatest development in Florida. < as lemmas |
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