| 单词 | currant-tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmascurrant-tree currant-tree n. 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 1649 Surv. Manor Wimbledon in Archæol. X. 424 The borders of which grass plots are coran trees. 1731 G. Medley tr. P. Kolb Present State Cape Good-Hope II. 263 The Stem and Leaves of these shrubs are much like those of Corinth trees. currant-tree 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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