α. 1800s Dingan's apricot, 1800s– Dingaan's apricot, 2000s– Dingane's apricot (rare).
β. 1800s– Dingaan apricot.
单词 | dingaans apricot |
释义 | Dingaan's apricotn.α. 1800s Dingan's apricot, 1800s– Dingaan's apricot, 2000s– Dingane's apricot (rare). β. 1800s– Dingaan apricot. South African. In KwaZulu-Natal province (formerly Natal): the kei apple, Dovyalis caffra, a thorny shrub or small tree with edible yellow fruits; (also) a fruit of this plant. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > tropical exotic fruit > African narra1779 gingerbread plum1824 kei-apple1859 Dingaan's apricot1868 num-num1926 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 > African fruit-plants mammee apple1683 num-num1770 guarri1789 pigeon plum1826 gingerbread tree1829 Guinea peach1829 kaffir orange1852 marula1857 kei-apple1859 Natal plum1859 klapper1863 Sierra Leone peach1866 velvet tamarind1866 Dingaan's apricot1868 wild orange1932 1868 J. Sanderson Rough Notes Flora Natal in J. Chapman Trav. Interior S. Afr. II. App. 449 The Kei apple, or Dingan's apricot, invaluable for forming thorny fences and yielding a pleasant fruit. 1876 H. Brooks Natal v. 185 The fruit is familiarly known as the kei apple, or in some places as Dingaan's apricot. 1911 A. H. Tatlow Natal Province Descriptive Guide & Official Hand-bk. 413 Wild amatingulas and ‘Dingaan’ apricots. 1972 Standard Encycl. Southern Afr. VI. 320/2 The almost round, bright yellow fruit (in Natal sometimes called Dingaan's apricot) is about 25 mm in diameter and may be eaten fresh or used for making jam or jelly. 2008 J. Janick & R. E. Paull Encycl. Fruit & Nuts 409/1 Common names include appelkoosdoring, keiappel and wide-appelkoos (in Afrikaans); dingaan's apricot, kei apple and wild apricot (in English); and umQokolo (in Zulu). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1868 |
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