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单词 mela-rosa
释义

mela-rosan.

Brit. /ˌmɛləˈrəʊzə/, U.S. /ˌmɛləˈroʊzə/
Forms: 1800s– mela-rosa, 1800s– mella-rosa. Also with capital initial.
Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian melarosa.
Etymology: < Italian melarosa rose-apple, the fruit of Syzygium jambos (a1712 in the sense ‘rose-scented citrus fruit’, a1535 in the sense ‘scented variety of apple’) < mela apple (see mele n.1) + rosa rose n.1 and adj.1
Now rare.
A variety of sour or bergamot orange, Citrus aurantium. Also: a variety of lime, C. aurantiifolia.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tree or plant bearing citrus fruit > bergamot
bergamot1696
mela-rosa1837
Valencia1888
1837 Penny Cycl. VII. 215/2 The Mellarosa of the Italians is a variety [of Citrus Bergamia] with ribbed fruit.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 730/2 Mela-rosa, or Mella-rosa, a variety of Citrus Limetta.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 733/1 Mella-rosa, Citrus Bergamia; also a variety of Citrus Limetta.
1993 Scientia Horticulturae Amsterdam 53 301 The results of the principal components analysis showed five cultivars..[including] ‘Bergamot Melarosa’..that segregated from the main cluster in the three dimensional plot.]
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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