monkey applen.

Brit.

/ˈmʌŋkɪ apl/, U.S.

/ˈməŋki ˌæp(ə)l/, West African English

/ˌmɔŋki ˈapul/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: monkey n., apple n.

Etymology: < monkey n. + apple n. Compare Krio mɔnkiapul.

Any of various tropical trees and shrubs bearing fruit which resembles an apple or is regarded as fit (only) for monkeys; esp. Annona glabra (family Annonaceae), of tropical America and West Africa, and Anisophyllea laurina (family Anisophyllaceae), of West Africa; (also) the fruit of any of these trees.

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1750 G. Hughes Nat. Hist. Barbados 129 The Monkey Apple-tree... The Fruit hath its Name from its being eaten by Monkeys.

1824 Trans. Hort. Soc. London 5 446 [Sierra Leone] Monkey Apple. Anisophyllea laurina.

1833 Penny Cycl. I. 187/1 The monkey apple (Anisophyllea laurina) the drupe of which is, in flavour and size, between a nectarine and a plum.

1857 A. Henfrey Elem. Course Bot. §427 Clusia flava is called the Wild Mango, or Monkey-apple, in Jamaica.

1890 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1889 363 A[nona] palustris, L. Alligator Apple, Cork Wood, Monkey Apple.

1913 C. Pettman Africanderisms 323 Monkey apple. The fruit of Royena pubescens, W., is called by this name in Lower Albany.

1969 T. H. Everett Living Trees of World 169/2 Species [of Licania] used in central America for lumber are L. arborea and L. hypoleuca. There, too, the monkey-apple (L. platypus) is esteemed for its yellow juicy fruit.

1981 L. Valls What a Pistarckle! 82/1 Monkey Apple, fruit of the painkiller tree (Morinda citrifolia).

1993 S. Carrington Wild Plants of Barbados 33/2 Annona glabra L. Monkey Apple... As the name suggests the fruit is not considered good eating but is edible and used as pig food in Dominica.

1994 B. Gilroy Sunlight on Sweet Water 121 We knew where to find golden apples, genips and paddoo, and if the monkey-apples and cashews growing wild by the seaside were ripe enough to ‘knock’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	monkey apple
释义	monkey applen. Brit. /ˈmʌŋkɪ apl/, U.S. /ˈməŋki ˌæp(ə)l/, West African English /ˌmɔŋki ˈapul/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: monkey n., apple n. Etymology: < monkey n. + apple n. Compare Krio mɔnkiapul. Any of various tropical trees and shrubs bearing fruit which resembles an apple or is regarded as fit (only) for monkeys; esp. Annona glabra (family Annonaceae), of tropical America and West Africa, and Anisophyllea laurina (family Anisophyllaceae), of West Africa; (also) the fruit of any of these trees. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > yielding drug or narcotic > [noun] > alligator apple tree or fruit monkey apple1750 alligator apple1756 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 > other American fruit-plants guava1555 anchovy pear1657 river pear1696 sour-sop tree1696 monkey apple1750 stopper-berry tree1750 sour-sop1753 chocho1756 sweet plum1796 pequi1819 Spanish plum1823 jaboticaba1824 christophene1830 Quito orange1846 pepino1850 mountain mango1861 chayote1884 Suriname cherry1895 feijoa1898 choko1902 the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > African trees or shrubs > [noun] > other African trees or shrubs keurboom1731 silver-tree1731 witteboom1799 Hottentot's bean1801 melkhouta1823 monkey apple1824 witgatboom1824 Hottentot's bean tree1833 spek-boom1834 mopane1854 Welwitschia1862 ambatch1863 miombo1864 pith tree1864 porkwood1875 tree purslane1882 buffalo-horn1887 monkey guava1887 bush willow1917 melkboom1917 msasa1923 rooibos1932 miraa1945 ovangkol1972 pigeon wood1972 tambotie1973 1750 G. Hughes Nat. Hist. Barbados 129 The Monkey Apple-tree... The Fruit hath its Name from its being eaten by Monkeys. 1824 Trans. Hort. Soc. London 5 446 [Sierra Leone] Monkey Apple. Anisophyllea laurina. 1833 Penny Cycl. I. 187/1 The monkey apple (Anisophyllea laurina) the drupe of which is, in flavour and size, between a nectarine and a plum. 1857 A. Henfrey Elem. Course Bot. §427 Clusia flava is called the Wild Mango, or Monkey-apple, in Jamaica. 1890 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1889 363 A[nona] palustris, L. Alligator Apple, Cork Wood, Monkey Apple. 1913 C. Pettman Africanderisms 323 Monkey apple. The fruit of Royena pubescens, W., is called by this name in Lower Albany. 1969 T. H. Everett Living Trees of World 169/2 Species [of Licania] used in central America for lumber are L. arborea and L. hypoleuca. There, too, the monkey-apple (L. platypus) is esteemed for its yellow juicy fruit. 1981 L. Valls What a Pistarckle! 82/1 Monkey Apple, fruit of the painkiller tree (Morinda citrifolia). 1993 S. Carrington Wild Plants of Barbados 33/2 Annona glabra L. Monkey Apple... As the name suggests the fruit is not considered good eating but is edible and used as pig food in Dominica. 1994 B. Gilroy Sunlight on Sweet Water 121 We knew where to find golden apples, genips and paddoo, and if the monkey-apples and cashews growing wild by the seaside were ripe enough to ‘knock’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1750
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