单词 | african mammee apple |
释义 | > as lemmasAfrican mammee apple African mammee apple n. a large tropical African tree, Mammea africana (family Calophyllaceae; formerly Clusiaceae), used for its edible fruit and hard timber; (also) the timber itself; cf. mammee apple n. at mammee n. Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1831 G. Don Gen. Syst. Gardening & Bot. I. 619/1 (heading) African Mammee-apple. 1887 C. A. Moloney Sketch Forestry W. Afr. 280 African Mammee apple (Ochrocarpus africanus), a tree 40 to 50 feet high. 1918 Jrnl. Afr. Soc. 18 20 Mahoganies of various kinds have been found, as well as the African Mammee apple, apa and others. 2008 D. Louppe et al. Timbers 1 353/1 Vernacular names African mammee apple, African apple, African apricot, bastard mahogany, [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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