单词 | coolie orange |
释义 | > as lemmascoolie orange coolie orange n. now rare the sweet orange, Citrus sinensis, thought to originate in China.The orange was formerly considered to be a variety of C. aurantium. ΚΠ 1850 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Patents 1849: Agric. 466 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (31st Congr., 1st Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc. 20, Pt. 2) VI Coolie Orange (citrus aurantium). 1863 J. Summers Handbk. of Chinese Lang. ii. 85 I am very fond of eating peaches, small oranges, or large thin-skinned oranges or coolie oranges. 1929 Jrnl. Heredity 20 37/2 The Canton orange, or true sweet orange, is distinguished by the name Cheng, or ‘Coolie orange’. < as lemmas |
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