单词 | finger cherry |
释义 | > as lemmasfinger cherry finger cherry n. the elongated red fruit of the small tree Rhodomyrtus macrocarpa (family Myrtaceae), of Queensland and New Guinea; (also) the tree itself; also called finger berry, native loquat.The fruit is said to be poisonous but is regarded by some as edible. ΚΠ 1902 Truth (Sydney) 23 Nov. 4/8 Children and animals have become suddenly blind after eating wild berries known as finger cherries. 1967 G. J. Henry Girro Gurrl 58 Some said it caused blindness, but the aboriginal always ate the finger cherry or bush loquat. The fruit..was considered a bush delicacy. 2012 C. J. Williams Med. Plants in Austral. III. i. 37/1 The University of Cambridge investigated samples of Finger Cherries, both ripe and immature. < as lemmas |
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