| 单词 | apple of adam |
| 释义 | > as lemmasapple of Adam apple of Adam n. now historical = Adam's apple n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > citrus fruit Adam's apple?a1425 citronc1450 apple of Adam1615 forbidden fruita1818 kaffir lime1824 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 224 The apples of Adam..the iuyce wherof they tunne vp and send into Turky. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. i. 129 The Master of a Venetian ship, gaue me a present of foure or fiue Apples, which he called (as they vulgarly doe) the Apple of Adam, and I neuer in my life tasted so delicete a fruite. 1976 Art Bull. 58 515/1 It is at one time, an apple, a citrus, and an exotic fruit of the Garden of Paradise. It was the very apple of Adam. < as lemmas |
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