单词 | yellow plum |
释义 | > as lemmasyellow plum yellow plum n. (a) any plum having a yellow skin and pale flesh; (also) any species or cultivated variety of plum tree producing such fruit, spec. the North American species Prunus americana; (b) the yellow mombin, Spondias mombin, or its juicy yellow-orange fruit (see mombin n.) (now rare). ΚΠ 1597 A. Hartwell tr. D. Lopes Rep. Kingdome of Congo i. i. 115 Other trees there are likewise, called Ogheghe which beare a fruit which is like a yellow Plumme. 1687 R. Blome Present State Isles & Territories Amer. 249 Then there's the Custard-Apple, the Sowr-Soap, the Papaw-Apple, the Mamme-Apple, the Yellow-Plum. 1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Compl. Gard'ner ii. vi. iii. 175 Provisions and products of July... Some Plums, viz. the yellow Plum, and the Ceriset, or little Cherry-plum. 1845 A. Wood Class-bk. Bot. ii. 94 P. americana... Red Plum. Yellow Plum. 1904 Rural New-Yorker 3 Nov. 798/2 This is one of the best for home use and we think would be acceptable in any market not strongly prejudiced against yellow plums. 1919 Weekly Guardian (Trinidad) in L. Winer Dict. Eng./Creole Trinidad & Tobago (2009) 982/2 Peter was in his usual place enjoying a plateful of yellow plums. 2000 S. Fallon & M. Rothschild World Food: France (Lonely Planet Guide) 111 Perhaps there will be some surplus from the orchard or vegetable garden—wonderful mirabelles (yellow plums) if in Alsace. < as lemmas |
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