| 单词 | cannonball tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmascannonball tree cannonball tree n. [so called with reference to the size and shape of its fruit] a deciduous tree, native to Central and South American rainforests, Couroupita guianensis (family Lecythidaceae), which bears fragrant flowers followed by large spherical fruits with a hard shell and an unpleasant odour. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > South American and West Indian trees or shrubs > [noun] > cannon-ball tree or fruit cannonball tree1832 cannonball fruit1866 1832 Curtis's Bot. Mag. 59 3158, 3159 (heading) Couroupita Guianensis. Guiana Couroupita, or Cannon-ball Tree. 1901 N. A. Lindsey Cruising in Madiana ix. 121 There are strange forms of vegetation: the cork tree, the cannonball tree, with huge fruits that do not belie its name. 2012 Press (Christchurch, N.Z.) (Nexis) 19 May 32 The cannonball tree, Couroupita guianensis, from South America, is compellingly strange. < as lemmas |
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