| 单词 | currant-bush |
| 释义 | > as lemmascurrant-bush currant-bush n. (see also 3). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tree or plant producing edible berries > currant bush blackcurrant1633 currant-tree1649 currant1665 riberry1670 currant-bush1813 skunk curranta1817 1813 J. Forbes Oriental Mem. II. xxv. 405 The cotton shrub..in verdure resembles the currant-bush. currant-bush b. The shrub which produces this fruit (more fully currant-bush, currant-tree); also other shrubs of the same genus, as the Flowering Currant, R. sanguineum, a native of North America, cultivated for its deep crimson flowers. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tree or plant producing edible berries > currant bush blackcurrant1633 currant-tree1649 currant1665 riberry1670 currant-bush1813 skunk curranta1817 1665–76 J. Rea Flora 223 Corinthes or currans, as they are vulgarly called, are plants well known. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1783 II. 446 Johnson: I would plant a great many currants; the fruit is good. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 982 R[ibes] sanguineum, the Red-flowered Currant, a native of North America, is..frequently grown in our gardens for ornamental purposes. < as lemmas |
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