| 单词 | coco tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmascoco tree coco tree n. = sense 2. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > palm trees > [noun] > coconut tree coco1555 coco tree1598 palmer tree1599 coconut1625 coconut tree1625 palmacoco1681 coco palm1760 coconut palm1764 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > edible nuts or nut-trees > [noun] > coconut > coconut-tree coco1555 coco tree1598 palmer tree1599 coconut1625 palmacoco1681 coco palm1760 double coconut1775 1598 W. Phillip tr. Descr. Voy. E. Indies f. 19v Their houses are most placed vnder Cocus trees, whereof the towne is full. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage v. xii The Coquo-tree being the most profitable tree in the world. 1630 J. Smith True Trav. xix. 37 [Elephants] will shake a great Cocar tree for the nuts. 1704 tr. G. F. Gemelli Careri Voy. round World iv. ii. i, in A. Churchill & J. Churchill Coll. Voy. IV. 447/2 Their Wine or Liquor is drawn from the Palm, or Coco-Tree. 1788 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 2) Toddy, originally the juice of the cocoa tree, and afterwards rum, water, sugar, and nutmeg. 1821 H. M. Williams tr. A. von Humboldt Personal Narr. Trav. V. 50 The jagua..appears to be a species of the cocoa tree. 1858 Harper's Mag. Apr. 591/1 Beyond this a..line of shore, which was broken by hundreds of feather-topped cocoa-trees. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) II. 817 The robber-crab (Birgus latro)..that climbs coco trees for the nuts, spends its early life in the shallows near the shore of the island. 2010 J. Weatherford Indian Givers (new ed.) xi. 264 Neither the cacao bush nor the coca bush bears any relation to the tropical coco tree, also called the coconut palm. < as lemmas |
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