单词 | mammee |
释义 | mammeen. 1. A large tree, Mammea americana (family Clusiaceae ( Guttiferae)), native to the Caribbean and widely cultivated in tropical America; the large edible fruit of this tree, which has a sweet, yellow, aromatic flesh. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > other fruits > [noun] tamarind1539 zizypha1546 guava1555 tuna1555 turpentine1562 mango1582 mammee1587 durian1588 lychee1588 sapota1589 fritter1591 mangosteen1598 custard apple1648 longan1655 mammee sapota1657 mammee apple1683 breadfruit1697 coco-plum1699 rambutan1707 pawpaw1709 locust bean1731 sapodilla1750 cherimoya1758 wild lime1767 Otaheite apple1777 narra1779 langsat1783 rose apple1790 cinnamon apple1796 sapota plum1797 bhindi1809 salak1820 gingerbread plum1824 geebung1827 loquat1829 sapodilla plum1830 sage-apple1832 kangaroo-apple1834 karaka-fruit1834 quandong1836 mombin1837 terap1839 zapote1842 tamarind plum1846 prairie pea1848 Barbados-cherry1858 kei-apple1859 Natal plum1859 bullock's heart1866 guava-apple1866 Sierra Leone peach1866 Turkey fig1866 marula1877 scarlet banana1885 Suriname cherry1895 feijoa1898 pear apple1898 ume1918 pepino1922 Chinese gooseberry1925 num-num1926 acerola1954 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 > mamee-tree mammee1587 mammee tree1672 tree melon1905 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde ii. ix. f. 81v Mameis is another tree that bringeth foorthe frute.] 1587 J. White in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1589) iii. 765 Yong plants of Oringes, Pines, Mameas, and Platonos, to set at Virginia. 1589 H. Hawks in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations iii. 547 Fruites of the Countrey..as Plantans, Sapotes,..Mamios, Lymons [etc.]. 1589 Summarie Drakes W. Indian Voy. facing p. 36 Plantens, Mamey, Apples. 1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies iv. xxiv. 278 These Mamayes, Guayauos, and Paltos, be the Indians peaches, apples, and peares. 1672 R. Blome Descr. Jamaica 25 Pome-granates, Cocar-Nuts, Limes, Guavars, Mammes, Alumee-Supotas [etc.]. 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World vii. 187 The Mammet is a large, tall, and streight-bodied Tree [etc.]. 1699 L. Wafer New Voy. & Descr. Isthmus Amer. 58 The Sambaloe's are..low, flat, sandy Islands, cover'd with a variety of Trees;..especially with Mammees, Sapadilloes, and Manchineel. 1764 J. Grainger Sugar-cane iv. 151 Thee, verdant mammey, first, her song should praise. 1815 Traveller's Guide Madeira & W. Indies 60 Amongst the fruits, which grow in abundance, are..mammees. 1852 T. Ross tr. A. von Humboldt Personal Narr. Trav. Amer. I. iv. 153 The Delta..is a fertile plain covered with Mammees, Sapotas (achras),..and other plants. 1924 J. A. Hammerton Countries of World II. 1295/1 Indigenous..is..the red-fleshed zapote and the big-stoned mamey. 1992 Eng. Today Jan. 15 Mamee... A fairly large, succulent, faintly aromatic fruit. 2. = mammee sapota n. at Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ 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 > marmalade tree mammee sapota1657 Lucuma1745 natural marmalade1797 American marmalade1836 mammee1866 marmalade tree1866 marmalade plum1882 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 715/1 Mammee, Lucuma mammosum. 1920 W. Popenoe Man. Trop. & Subtrop. Fruits xi. 341 In the British West Indies the sapote is called mammee-sapota... The name mamey, improperly applied to this fruit, results in its being confused with Mammea americana, L. 1958 D. Levertov Pleasures in Combustion Aug. 8 A fruit, mamey, cased in rough brown peel, the flesh rose-amber, and the seed: the seed a stone of wood. 2001 Prepared Foods (Nexis) 1 Mar. 74 Once ripe, the mamey yields to a gentle squeeze and has a refrigerated shelf life of four days. Compounds C1. General attributive. ΚΠ 1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis ii. 190 A Great Mammee-stone..A little Mammee-stone..A round Mammee-stone. mammee tree n. ΘΚΠ 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 > mamee-tree mammee1587 mammee tree1672 tree melon1905 1672 W. Hughes Amer. Physitian 57 Of the Momin-Tree, or Toddie-Tree. 1725 H. Sloane Voy. Islands II. 123 The Mammee-tree..is above sixty Foot high [etc.]. 1871 E. B. Tylor Primitive Culture II. 56 The delicious fruit of the mamey trees. 1976 C. Eneas Bain Town 8 The big, sprawling mammie trees, with their glossy green leaves and round, golden-coloured fruit were always cherished. C2. mammee apple n. Brit. , U.S. , West African English (also mummy apple) (a) = sense 1; (b) (more fully African mammee apple) a West African tree, Mammea africana, with an edible fruit, related to the mammee; (c) wild mammee apple n. the fruit of the bacuri, Platonia esculenta, a South American tree related to Mammea americana.ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > other fruits > [noun] tamarind1539 zizypha1546 guava1555 tuna1555 turpentine1562 mango1582 mammee1587 durian1588 lychee1588 sapota1589 fritter1591 mangosteen1598 custard apple1648 longan1655 mammee sapota1657 mammee apple1683 breadfruit1697 coco-plum1699 rambutan1707 pawpaw1709 locust bean1731 sapodilla1750 cherimoya1758 wild lime1767 Otaheite apple1777 narra1779 langsat1783 rose apple1790 cinnamon apple1796 sapota plum1797 bhindi1809 salak1820 gingerbread plum1824 geebung1827 loquat1829 sapodilla plum1830 sage-apple1832 kangaroo-apple1834 karaka-fruit1834 quandong1836 mombin1837 terap1839 zapote1842 tamarind plum1846 prairie pea1848 Barbados-cherry1858 kei-apple1859 Natal plum1859 bullock's heart1866 guava-apple1866 Sierra Leone peach1866 Turkey fig1866 marula1877 scarlet banana1885 Suriname cherry1895 feijoa1898 pear apple1898 ume1918 pepino1922 Chinese gooseberry1925 num-num1926 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 > African fruit-plants mammee apple1683 num-num1770 guarri1789 pigeon plum1826 gingerbread tree1829 Guinea peach1829 kaffir orange1852 marula1857 kei-apple1859 Natal plum1859 klapper1863 Sierra Leone peach1866 velvet tamarind1866 Dingaan's apricot1868 wild orange1932 1683 J. Poyntz Present Prospect Tobago 9 The Mamme Apple grows to the Magnitude of a Pound Pear. 1796 J. G. Stedman Narr. Exped. Surinam II. xix. 73 Among many other excellent fruits, I observed one which is here called the Mammee apple. 1863 R. F. Burton Wanderings W. Afr. II. 34 Custard-apples, guavas,..maumee-apples. 1887 C. A. Moloney Sketch Forestry W. Afr. 280 African Mammee apple (Ochrocarpus africanus), a tree 40 to 50 feet high. 1898 Montserrat Herald 18 June 2/3 To gather the green mammy-apples. 1905 Daily Graphic 16 Jan. 4/4 The mummy-apple, a delicate tree-melon, springs up spontaneously wherever land is cleared. 1909 J. Huber in S. J. Record & C. D. Mell Timbers Trop. Amer. (1924) 442 The largest Amazonian tree..is the ‘bacury’, Platonia insignis Mart... The fruit, which is of about the size and color of a large orange, is succulent and edible, and is called wild mammee apple. 1911 J. London Adventure vii. 85 Mummy apples, which he had regarded as weeds, under her guidance appeared as appetizing breakfast fruit. 1968 K. S. La Fortune Legend of T-Marie iv. 18 These baskets contained some of the..sweetest fruits of the estate. Mamie apples, Governor plums, [etc.]. 1990 D. K. Abbiw Useful Plants of Ghana i. 15 The rest [of West African gum-yielding trees] are Hildegardia barteri (Akyere),..Mammea africana African Mammy Apple (Bornpagya) [etc.]. 1992 A. M. Polak Major Timber Trees Guyana 150 Platonis insignis Mart... Pakuri.., Wild mammee apple... Fruit a berry, golden yellow, more or less globose. mammee sapota n. a Central American tree, Pouteria sapota, of the family Sapotaceae; the oval russet edible fruit of this tree (also called marmalade plum), which has a spicy red flesh. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > other fruits > [noun] tamarind1539 zizypha1546 guava1555 tuna1555 turpentine1562 mango1582 mammee1587 durian1588 lychee1588 sapota1589 fritter1591 mangosteen1598 custard apple1648 longan1655 mammee sapota1657 mammee apple1683 breadfruit1697 coco-plum1699 rambutan1707 pawpaw1709 locust bean1731 sapodilla1750 cherimoya1758 wild lime1767 Otaheite apple1777 narra1779 langsat1783 rose apple1790 cinnamon apple1796 sapota plum1797 bhindi1809 salak1820 gingerbread plum1824 geebung1827 loquat1829 sapodilla plum1830 sage-apple1832 kangaroo-apple1834 karaka-fruit1834 quandong1836 mombin1837 terap1839 zapote1842 tamarind plum1846 prairie pea1848 Barbados-cherry1858 kei-apple1859 Natal plum1859 bullock's heart1866 guava-apple1866 Sierra Leone peach1866 Turkey fig1866 marula1877 scarlet banana1885 Suriname cherry1895 feijoa1898 pear apple1898 ume1918 pepino1922 Chinese gooseberry1925 num-num1926 acerola1954 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > tropical exotic fruit > natural marmalade mammee sapota1657 American marmalade1797 marmalade fruit1840 marmalade plum1882 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 > marmalade tree mammee sapota1657 Lucuma1745 natural marmalade1797 American marmalade1836 mammee1866 marmalade tree1866 marmalade plum1882 1657 Brief Descr. Jamaica in Bk. Contin. Foreign Passages 46 The Country affords severall fruits. 1. Pepper smelling like cloves..2. Pyne..3. Nispero..4. Mamesappole [sic], tastes like Marmalet [etc.]. 1683 J. Poyntz Present Prospect Tobago 9 Then there's the Mamme Supporter, much of the same Nature with the former. 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World vii. 203 The Mammee-Sappota Tree is different from the Mammee described at the Isle of Tabago. 1824 J. Lindley in Trans. Hort. Soc. London 5 97 The Mammee Sapota..is called Natural Marmalade. 1982 Dict. Bahamian Eng. 130/1 Mammee sapota are small, two-inch golden fruit with a waxy taste. 2005 C. Tudge Secret Life Trees x. 231 The huge genus of Pouteria, with 325 species, includes the mamey sapote, P. mammosa, and the eggfruit P. campechiana. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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