单词 | geebung |
释义 | geebungn. 1. The fruit of various species of Persoonia, an Australian tree (family Proteaceae). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > other fruits > [noun] tamarind1539 zizypha1546 guava1555 tuna1555 turpentine1562 mango1582 mammee1587 durian1588 lychee1588 sapota1589 fritter1591 mangosteen1598 custard apple1648 longan1655 mammee sapota1657 mammee apple1683 breadfruit1697 coco-plum1699 rambutan1707 pawpaw1709 locust bean1731 sapodilla1750 cherimoya1758 wild lime1767 Otaheite apple1777 narra1779 langsat1783 rose apple1790 cinnamon apple1796 sapota plum1797 bhindi1809 salak1820 gingerbread plum1824 geebung1827 loquat1829 sapodilla plum1830 sage-apple1832 kangaroo-apple1834 karaka-fruit1834 quandong1836 mombin1837 terap1839 zapote1842 tamarind plum1846 prairie pea1848 Barbados-cherry1858 kei-apple1859 Natal plum1859 bullock's heart1866 guava-apple1866 Sierra Leone peach1866 Turkey fig1866 marula1877 scarlet banana1885 Suriname cherry1895 feijoa1898 pear apple1898 ume1918 pepino1922 Chinese gooseberry1925 num-num1926 acerola1954 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > tropical exotic fruit > Australasian geebung1827 kangaroo-apple1834 karaka-fruit1834 1827 P. Cunningham Two Years New S. Wales I. xiii. 221 The jibbong is another tasteless fruit. 1847 F. W. L. Leichhardt Jrnl. Overland Exped. Austral. xiv. 478 We gathered and ate a great quantity of gibong (the ripe fruit of Persoonia falcata). 1852 G. C. Mundy Our Antipodes I. xi. 351 The geebung, a native plum, very woolly and tasteless. 1888 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms II. xiv. 228 You won't turn a five-corner into a quince or a geebung into an orange. 2. An old settler in New South Wales. Used attributively, perhaps as a derisory epithet. ΚΠ 1900 H. Lawson Over Sliprails 55 A drunken doctor from a geebung town. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.1827 |
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