单词 | calamansi |
释义 | calamansin. Frequently attributive. The fruit of the calamondin. Also: the tree producing this fruit.Green, unripe calamansi are commonly used in Philippine cooking, and the tree is frequently cultivated elsewhere as an ornamental garden plant. ΚΠ 1911 H. N. Whitford Forests of Philippines: Pt. II (Philippine Bureau of Forestry Bull. No. 10) 44 Species of the genus Citrus furnish..two varieties of lime (dayap and kalamansi). 1914 R. L. Clute Pract. Lessons Trop. Agric. I. 181 The calamansi is somewhat softer than the lime, and is usually smaller. 1960 Anthropol. Q. 33 131 We note with interest the use of citrus fruits (the local lemonsito and kalamansi especially). 1987 Coleopterists Bull. 41 29 One [beetle] reared from kalamansi wood. 1998 B. Aubert & G. Vulli Citrus Nurseries & Planting Techniques 146 In tropical areas, Pueraria sp. (Kudzu) is often used as green mulching (lemon plantations in the Ivory Coast..) or kalamansi in [the] Philippines. 2016 Time Out Hong Kong 18 May 49/1 First up, we order a mango calamansi mojito.., which replaces lime with calamansi juice in this new fangled recipe. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1911 |
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