单词 | lady's finger banana |
释义 | > as lemmaslady's finger banana e. More fully lady's finger banana. A dwarf variety of banana having fruit with thin skin and sweet flesh. Also in plural with singular agreement. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > banana > [noun] > types of plantain1582 ensete1790 fei1829 Canary banana1889 lady's finger1893 Gros Michel1913 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > tropical exotic fruit > banana > types of apple of paradise1572 plantain1582 Adam's apple1588 plantain1756 ensete1790 fei1829 Abyssinian banana1859 honey banana1877 scarlet banana1885 Canary banana1889 lady's finger banana1893 Gros Michel1913 honey1938 1893 R. C. Praed Outlaw & Lawmaker II. 91 They were sitting..in the banana grove, whither Elsie had gone on pretext of finding some still ungathered ‘Lady's fingers’. 1927 P. K. Reynolds Banana ii. 16 Occasionally the Lady Finger..reaches the Northern markets. This is a very small fruit, the fingers averaging only three inches in length. 1959 N. W. Simmonds Bananas 145 The cultivation of the tall ‘Lady's finger’ banana on the Queensland flats. 2006 Star-Herald (Scottsbluff, Nebraska) 15 Feb. (Neighbors section) 3/6 One type, the lady finger banana, is 4 to 5 inches long and has thin, yellow skin and very sweet flesh. < as lemmas |
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