| 单词 | custard tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmascustard tree custard tree n. a tree bearing the custard apple; = custard apple n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tropical or exotic fruit-tree or -plant > of tropical America > sweet-sop tree sweet-sop1696 water apple1696 sugar-apple1739 purple apple1754 custard tree1760 sweet-apple1760 sugar-sop1847 1760 Mod. Part Universal Hist. XIV. 436 The custard-tree is of the size of a quince-tree, with long, slender, and thick-set branches, spreading all round. 1808 T. Ashe Trav. Amer. 1806 x. 85 [Custard Island abounds] with the papaw, which is vulgarly known by the name of the Custard tree. 1988 S. Ruelland Dictionnaire Tupuri-Français-Anglais 216 Pāŋrē,..wild custard tree; its fruit. Its roots are used in the tanning of hides and as medecine against syphilis. Annona senegalensis. 2006 C. Cusumano Mexico, Love Story 138 I watched crows drop from their roost the fruit of a sour custard tree, feeding turtles below. < as lemmas |
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