释义 |
geebung|ˈdʒiːbʌŋ| Also gibong, jibbong. [Native Australian.] The fruit of various species of Persoonia, an Australian tree. (family Proteaceæ.)
1827P. Cunningham 2 Yrs. N.S. Wales I. xiii. 221 The jibbong is another tasteless fruit. 1847L. Leichhardt Overland Exped. xiv. 478 We gathered and ate a great quantity of gibong (the ripe fruit of Persoonia falcata). 1852Mundy Antipodes vii. (1855) 176 The geebung, a native plum very woolly and tasteless. 1889Boldrewood Robbery under Arms (1890) 255 You won't turn a five-corner into a quince or a geebung into an orange. |