| 单词 | wolfberry |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswolf-berry wolf-berry n. a North American shrub, Symphoricarpus occidentalis, allied to the snowberry. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > berry-bush or -tree > [noun] > North American > others redcurrant1633 wolf-berry1834 Oregon grape1851 black haw1897 1834 G. Don Gen. Syst. Gardening & Bot. III. 451 Wolf-berry. wolfberry wolfberry n. any of various shrubs of the genus Lycium; the fruit of any of these plants, esp. the edible bright red fruit of L. barbarum or L. chinense, widely cultivated in China as a health food (also called goji berry). ΚΠ 1930 W. A. Dayton in Forest Worker 6 14/1 When the need arises for fitting an acceptable English name to an unnamed or untenably named genus or species we have had recourse to..more or less free translation of the Latin or Greco-Latin name (e.g.,..wolfberry for Lycium). 1990 Org. Gardening Nov. 41/2 Some unusual fruits native to the Southwest that don't have to be coddled are western sand cherry, golden currant, wolfberry (Lycium sp.), cactus and creeping mahonia. 2007 Washington Post (Nexis) 16 Feb. t17 Chicken with wolfberry, a small fuchsia fruit that tastes like a cross between a currant and a cranberry. < as lemmas |
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