| 单词 | apple berry |
| 释义 | > as lemmasapple berry apple berry n. any of several woody Australasian climbers of the genus Billardiera (family Pittosporaceae), esp. B. scandens; (also) the sweet edible fruit of any of these plants. ΚΠ 1793 J. E. Smith Specimen Bot. New Holland I. 7 Billardiera scandens..Climbing Apple-berry. 1842 J. Backhouse Narr. Visit Austral. Colonies (1843) p. xxxii Apple Berry. B[illardiera] murabilis has a green cylindrical fruit becoming lighter green or amber colour, when ripe, possessing a pleasant, sub-acid taste but the seeds are numerous and hard. 1888 Proc. Linn. Soc. New S. Wales 3 491 ‘Apple Berry.’ The berries are acid and pleasant when fully ripe. From their shape children call them ‘dumplings’. 2005 Herald Sun (Melbourne) (Nexis) 14 May (Weekend section) 26 Billardiera scandens or apple berry..has edible berries and yellow flowers that bloom throughout the year. < as lemmas |
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