| 单词 | kaffir lime |
| 释义 | > as lemmaskaffir lime kaffir lime n. [ < Kaffir n. + lime n.2, although the semantic motivation is unclear (perhaps compare sense B. 2, although the nature of any connection is unclear); compare Sinhala kapiri dehi, lit. ‘Kaffir lime’] an evergreen shrub native to South-East Asia, Citrus hystrix (family Rutaceae), having small, warty-skinned green fruits and leaves with a broadly winged petiole, resembling a second lower leaf; (also) the fruit or leaves of this plant, used as a flavouring, esp. in Thai and Indonesian cooking; often attributive.Now sometimes called wild lime. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > non-British shrubs > [noun] > Asian Japan allspice1789 ramie1817 kaffir lime1824 luculia1826 rice-paper plant1832 pith plant1834 chimonanthus1836 jiti1836 rhea1837 leycesteria1838 wintersweet1846 crape-myrtle1850 skimmia1853 China-grass1858 taccada1866 saxaul1874 white kerria1900 sarcococca1914 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 1824 A. Moon Catal. Indigenous & Exotic Plants Ceylon 56 (table) Caffre-lime. 1910 H. F. Macmillan Handbk. Trop. Gardening & Planting x. 140 The ‘Kaffir Lime’ in Ceylon is almost the size of a lemon, with a warty coarse skin. 1961 W. J. Gedney tr. P. A. Rajadhon Life & Ritual in Old Siam iii. 152 They put ground assafetida and sweet flag mixed with kaffir lime juice into a potlid and heat this over a fire. 1999 J. Sainsbury plc Ann. Rep. & Accts. 6/3 All 12 sauces and pastes are made to traditional recipes and packed with authentic ingredients such as lemon grass and galangal, tamarind and kaffir lime. 2010 Belfast Tel. (Nexis) 30 Oct. 20 Remove the tough central veins from the kaffir lime leaves. < as lemmas |
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