| 单词 | water lemon |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater lemon 3. With distinguishing word prefixed. Applied to plants of different families bearing a yellow fruit. sweet lemon: the Citrus lumia, cultivated in the South of Europe ( Treasury Bot.). water lemon: Passiflora laurifolia of the West Indies. wild lemon: (a) Podophyllum peltatum; (b) an Australian timber tree ( Canthium latifolium). 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 > passion-fruit plants maracock1609 granadilla1613 passion-tree1728 water lemon1756 May-pop1851 the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Ranunculaceae (crowfoot and allies) > [noun] > podophyllum or May-apple mayapple1731 duck's foot1755 Indian apple1833 hog apple1837 lime-plant1844 Podophyllum1844 mandrake1845–50 wild lemon1882 1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 328 The Water-Lemon... It grows frequent in the woods. 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 317 Water Lemon, Passiflora. 1882 Garden 25 Feb. 127/1 The flowers..are succeeded in May by oval yellowish fruits called wild Lemons. water lemon water lemon n. now rare the fruit of any of several American species of passion flower, esp. that of Passiflora laurifolia, which has a mildly acidic and very juicy pulp; (also) any of these plants. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > tropical exotic fruit > passion-fruits or granadillas maracock1609 granadilla1613 water lemon1670 passion fruit1752 mayapple1775 sweet calabash1840 May-pop1851 1670 J. Ogilby America ii. 71 The Water-Lemmons..are about the bigness of an indifferent Cabbage. 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xxvii. 427 Another sort, called Water Lemon in the West-Indies, has an agreeable acid flavour in the pulp of the fruit. 1967 R. Bryans Trinidad & Tobago iii. 84 The extravagant pattern of extravagantly shaped leaves, of..Java plum and water lemon, would make the most elaborate wallpapers of William Morris..look as wan as Rossetti's women. 1997 J. G. Vaughan & C. Geissler New Oxf. Bk. Food Plants 104/1 Some other species of Passiflora are utilized in a minor way... These include water lemon (P. laurifolia). < as lemmas |
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