单词 | citron apple |
释义 | > as lemmascitron apple citron apple n. now rare the citron (sense A. 1a); (also) a mythical fruit said to have been borne by an apple branch grafted on to a citron tree ( Citrus medica); cf. pome-citron n. ΚΠ 1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke ii. xiii. 73 Barke of the citron apple. 1633 T. Johnson Gerard's Herball (new ed.) iii. ciii. 1464 The Apothecaries call these apples Citrones..in English, Citron Apple, and Citron. 1727 S. J. Vineyard 158 Diophanes try'd the Experiment of grafting an Apple upon a Citron-Tree... and it bore a Fruit..which by a compound Name he called a Citron-Apple. 1890 J. Kennedy Christ in Song xv. 322 The citron apple, which once grew very abundantly in Palestine. 1903 Churchman 31 Oct. 533/2 Or perchance she would run to the orchard and fetch a citron-apple or a delicious pomegranate. < as lemmas |
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