| 单词 | molle tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmolle tree The Peruvian mastic or pepper tree, Schinus molle. Also molle tree. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular tree or plant yielding useful gum or resin > [noun] > of South America or West Indies > Peruvian mastic tree pepper tree1563 molle1581 Indian mastic1640 pepper1889 peppercorn shrub1901 peppercorn1954 1581 T. Nicholas tr. A. de Zárate Discov. & Conquest Peru i. viii. f. 13v They vse also another sorte of drinke, made of a small fruite which grow upon certaine Trees called Molles. 1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies iv. xxx. 292 Molle is a tree of many vertues, which casteth foorth small boughes, whereof the Indians make wine. 1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum 1524 Lentisci Pecuani [perh. read Peruani] similis Molle dicta. The Indians Molle. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. App. at Mastic-tree Indian Mastic, the name by which the Molle, or Peruvian Lentisk is sometimes called. 1849 J. Craig New Universal Dict. at Peruvian mastic-tree Mulli, the tree Schinus mulli, a native of Brazil and Peru. 1877 E. Squier Peru xxi. 391 Even the berries of the molle-tree are employed [to make an intoxicating beverage]. 1994 M. Griffiths Index Garden Plants 1053/1 S[chinus] molle... Pepper tree; Peruvian mastic tree; molle. 2000 Daily Tel. 6 Jan. 22/3 Molle from Peru is a close relative of poison ivy. < as lemmas |
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