| 单词 | ume tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmasume tree 1. A deciduous tree of eastern Asia, Prunus mume (family Rosaceae), related to the plum and apricot, and bearing fragrant white, pink, or red blossom in winter. Also more fully ume tree. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > Asian trees or shrubs > [noun] > other Asian trees or shrubs China-pea1660 pea tree1766 koelreuteria1789 stink-tree1795 ume1822 Java almond1824 weenonga1838 St. Thomas' tree1866 golden shower1882 Jew's mallow1884 mokihana1888 1822 F. Shoberl tr. I. Titsingh Illustr. Japan 153 When I was reduced to poverty I gave them to my friends, with the exception of these three, which I most valued, (they were an oume or plum-tree [Fr. un oume, ou prunier], a sakoura, or cherry, and a mats, or fir-tree). 1854 Horticulturist 4 467 The first account we have of this Eastern fruit is to be found in Kæmpfer, who calls it Bai, or Umé, and Umé bos. He calls it a wild spiny Plum with a large fruit. 1881 G. A. Audsley & J. L. Bowes Keramic Art Japan (rev. ed.) Introd. 32 In art, the ume is usually represented as a tree of peculiarly angular and spiky habit. 1912 I. Nitobé Japanese Nation ii. 39 The fruit of the umé has an economic value, for it is not only edible in itself, but makes the juice with which our best silk is dyed red. 1950 R. Okada tr. N. Kobayashi Bonsai 142 Time was when old, stunted ume trees were found growing wild on rocky hills. 1990 Daily Yomiuri (Tokyo) (Nexis) 16 Feb. 7 The ‘elder brother of the cherry blossom’, ume presents the first blossoms of the year, at a time when other flowers are still hiding from the bite of late winter. 2010 Y. Wang et al. Anc. Wisdom, Mod. Kitchen 57/2 Umeboshi is a pickled fruit of the ume tree (Prunus mume), which is native to China and later spread to Korea and Japan. < as lemmas |
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