单词 | date plum |
释义 | date plumn. 1. Chiefly with distinguishing word. Any of several varieties of late-ripening plum ( Prunus domestica), some of which are used dried as prunes. Cf. date n.1 3. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > stone fruit > plum > other types of white plumc1330 bullacea1375 myxe?1440 prunelloa1450 bullace-fruit1530 horse plum1530 plum1530 wheat-plum1538 wheaten plum1542 choke-plum1556 pear plum1573 finger plum1577 scad1577 skeg1601 merchant1602 bullace-plum1608 malacadonian1608 prune plum1613 date plum1626 mussel plum1626 amber plum1629 black plum1629 primordian1629 queen mother1629 winter crack1629 myrobalan1630 Christian1651 Monsieur's plum1658 cinnamon-plum1664 date1664 primordial1664 Orleans1674 mirabelle1706 myrobalan plum1708 Mogul1718 mussel1718 Chickasaw plum1760 blue gage1764 magnum bonum1764 golden drop1772 beach-plum1785 sweet plum1796 winesour1836 wild plum1838 quetsch1839 egg-plum1859 Victoria1860 cherry plum1866 bladder-plum1869 prune1872 sour plum1874 Carlsbad plum1885 horse-jug1886 French plum1939 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §509 The Verdoccie and White Date-Plumme, are no very good Plummes. 1629 J. Parkinson Paradisi in Sole iii. xiii. 576 The red Date plumme is a great long red pointed plumme, and late ripe, little better than the white. 1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Compl. Gard'ner i. iii. xiv. 142 As to the shape, it is indifferent whether the Plum be very long, as the Imperial, the Date-Plum, the Ilvert, [etc.]. 1726 R. Bradley Gen. Treat. Husbandry & Gardening (rev. ed.) II. iii. 105 La Prune Date, i.e. the Date Plum, is a sort of late Imperial; there is the white and the red. 1777 R. Weston Universal Botanist IV. 206 Date Plum... The fruit is of a middle size, a little longish, of a fine yellow. 1831 W. Prince Pomological Man. II. 75 Date Plum... This plum is nearly round, fifteen to sixteen lines in length... The flesh is yellow, soft, and without flavour. 1891 App. Jrnls State & Assembly (State Calif.) VI. 235 The French prunes, which are so largely exported from France, are made of the Prune d'Agen, or date plum. 1901 F. A. Waugh Plums & Plum Culture xvii. 109 The Date plum, or Quetsche de Hongrie, described by Downing... This cannot now be identified. 1922 U. P. Hedrick Cycl. Hardy Fruits 204/1 Hungarian. P. domestica. Date Plum, Hungarian Prune. This plum may be a descendant of a species distinct from P. domestica. 2. Frequently with distinguishing word. The edible fruit of any of several trees of the genus Diospyros (family Ebenaceae), somewhat resembling a plum (cf. persimmon n. 1). Also: any of the trees which bear this fruit. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > stone fruit > [noun] > persimmon persimmon1612 date plum1688 kaki1727 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > stone fruit > persimmon persimmon1612 date plum1688 kaki1727 lotus1760 Sharon fruit1977 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. v. 82/1 The Storax and the Uirginia Date Plumb, are so pointed and furrowed. 1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Guajacana Indian Date Plumb. 1795 W. Winterbotham Hist. View Amer. U.S. IV. 341 They [sc. bears] frequently climb trees, and devour the fruit in great quantities, particularly the date plum tree, of which they are exceedingly fond. 1806 B. M'Mahon Amer. Gardener's Cal. 263 The Diospyros virginiana, persimmon, or American date plum, is best cultivated from seed sown in autumn, soon after ripe, or in March. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 411 The fruit of the Chinese Date Plum, D. Kaki, is as large as an ordinary apple. 1874 Garden 19 Dec. 556/1 The recent introduction of some new Japanese varieties of Date Plum has given a new interest to the genus Diospyros not to be passed over. 1904 G. Bunyard & O. Thomas Fruit Garden 208 Diospyros Kaki, the persimmon, or date-plum, is an Eastern tree which for centuries has been cultivated in China and Japan for its fruits. 1972 Lawton (Okla.) Constit. 23 Feb. 11/1 The American variety of persimmon, often called the Virginia Date Plum, grows on a tall tree from the Middle Atlantic States to the Gulf of Mexico. 2004 J. M. Newman Food Culture China ii. 62 Wild persimmons are sometimes known as date-plums, no doubt because they are the size of a date. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1626 |
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