单词 | jaboticaba |
释义 | jaboticaban. An evergreen Brazilian tree, Myrciaria (or Eugenia) cauliflora, of the family Myrtaceæ, which bears clusters of white flowers and purple fruits directly on the trunk and branches; also, the fruit of this tree. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > tropical exotic fruit > of South America or West Indies > other South American or West Indian fruits mammee1587 coco-plum1699 water-sop1716 icaco1752 cherimoya1758 West India mango1774 vegetable pear1777 cinnamon apple1796 jaboticaba1824 butternut1827 Quito orange1846 Barbados-cherry1858 mountain mango1861 Suriname cherry1895 feijoa1898 acerola1954 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 > of tropical America > other American fruit-plants guava1555 anchovy pear1657 river pear1696 sour-sop tree1696 monkey apple1750 stopper-berry tree1750 sour-sop1753 chocho1756 sweet plum1796 pequi1819 Spanish plum1823 jaboticaba1824 christophene1830 Quito orange1846 pepino1850 mountain mango1861 chayote1884 Suriname cherry1895 feijoa1898 choko1902 1824 H. E. Lloyd tr. J. B. von Spix & C. F. P. von Martius Trav. Brazil II. iii. ii. 85 A light and agreeable wine is also prepared from the fruits of the jabuticaba (Myrtus cauliflora). 1862 Chambers's Encycl. IV. 161/1 E[ugenia] cauliflora, a Brazilian species,..yields a very fine fruit of a black colour, about the size of a greengage plum, called the Jabuticaba. 1931 B. Miall tr. C. Guenther Naturalist in Brazil iv. 79 In the Jaboticaba, a myrtle-tree, even the trunk looks as though beaded with the blue-black fruits, about the size of a damson, that seem to be nailed on to the bark. 1974 F. N. Howes Dict. Useful & Everyday Plants 132 Jaboticaba (Braz[il]) Myrciaria, esp. M. cauliflora, (Braz. grape), fr[uit] ed[ible], used for wine and jelly. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1824 |
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