| 单词 | chequer-tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmaschequer-tree In plural. The fruit or berries of the Wild Service tree, Pyrus torminalis. In singular also the tree: short for chequer-tree, chequer-wood. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > berry-bush or -tree > [noun] > wild service-tree > fruit of chequers1649 1649 N. Culpeper Physicall Directory 281 Services, Checkers called in Suffolk. 1670 J. Evelyn Sylva (ed. 2) x. 62 Sorbus, the Service tree (of which there are four sorts) is rais'd of the Chequers or Berries, which being ripe (that is) rotten, about September, may be sown like Beech-Mast. 1875 W. D. Parish Dict. Sussex Dial. Chequer, the service tree. Pyrus torminalis. The fruit is called chequers. 1878 J. Britten & R. Holland Dict. Eng. Plant-names At Edenbridge, Kent, it is called ‘Chequer-wood’. 1883 Academy 7 Apr. 242 The bright bunches of red berries with which the Chequer-trees were laden. < as lemmas |
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