| 单词 | marlberry-cherry |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmarlberry-cherry An evergreen shrub or small tree, Ardisia escallonioides (family Myrsinaceae), bearing white flowers and shiny black berries, and occurring in tropical and subtropical America (also †marlberry-cherry). Later also: a related shrub, A. japonica, native to Japan and China, with white flowers and pink fruits (rare). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > berry-bush or -tree > [noun] > tropical American or West Indian > others cloven-berry1725 sky flower1761 Indian currant1785 turkey-berry1858 marlberry1884 marbleberry1946 1884 C. S. Sargent Rep. Forests N. Amer. 100 Ardisia Pickeringia Marlberry-Cherry. 1897 G. B. Sudworth Nomencl. Arborescent Flora U.S. 316 Icacorea paniculata. Marlberry. 1917 Rep. Board of Regents Smithsonian Inst. 384 In addition to these are the paradise tree or bitterwood; soapberry tree;..marlberry; [etc.]. 1924 J. A. Thomson Sci. Old & New v. 27 Even the names transport us into a land of pure delight—the paradise tree, the myrtle-of-the-river, the marlberry, and the bois-fidèle. 1971 F. C. Craighead Trees S. Florida I. iii. 177 On the rim hammocks [of this gully] the important trees include live oak, marlberry, [etc.]. 1994 M. Griffiths Index Garden Plants 89/1 A[rdisia] japonica (Thunb.) Bl. Marlberry. < as lemmas |
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