| 单词 | mountain grape tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmountain grape tree mountain grape n. (a) any of several tropical American trees having grape-like fruits; esp. any tree of the genus Coccoloba (family Polygonaceae) (also mountain grape tree) (now rare); (b) U.S. either of two vines ( Vitis species) native to the south-western United States, V. monticola and V. rupestris. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > South American and West Indian trees or shrubs > [noun] > grape-tree seaside grape1696 grape-tree1697 mountain grape1756 sea-grape1806 shore-grape1871 1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 210 Coccolobis 4... The Mountain Grape-Tree. 1830 C. S. Rafinesque Med. Flora U.S. II. 130 V[itis] montana... Mountain Grape... Flowers hardly odorous, fruit hardly good. 1914 W. Fawcett & A. B. Rendle Flora Jamaica III. 113 C[occolaba] Plumierii... Mountain Grape. 1976 Hortus Third (L. H. Bailey Hortorium) 1163/1 [Vitis] rupestris Scheele. Sand Grape,..Mountain Grape, Rock Grape. 1996 J. Hegland Into Forest (1997) 175 For months now we have drunk hot water when we could have been drinking wild mint, wild rose, blackberry, bay, mountain grape, [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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