| 释义 |
† duracine, a. (n.) Obs.
[a. F. duracine (16th c. in Littré, first as adj.) stone fruit with hard pulp, ad. L. dūracin-us hard-berried, f. dūrus hard + acinus berry.]
A. adj. Applied to stone-fruit: Having a hard pulp.
B. n. A cherry with a hard pulp.
1578Lyte Dodoens v. xl. 710 That kinde [of peach] whiche will not easily be separated from the stone, are called Duracina. 1601Holland Pliny I. 448 The Duracine Cherries be the soueraign, which in Campaine are called Pliniana. 1655Moufet & Bennet Health's Improv. (1746) 294 Duracines, or in French Cœurs, or Heart-Cherries,..are the firmest of all other. |