| 单词 | mountain guava |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmountain guava mountain guava n. any wild guava that grows typically in hilly or mountainous country, esp. Psidium montanum of the Caribbean. ΚΠ ?1740 Importance Jamaica to Great-Brit. 53 There is also a Mountain Guaver Tree, which bears a fruit, tho' not eat by Man or Beast, but is esteem'd an Everlasting in Buildings. 1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 239 The Mountain Guava. This is one of the largest trees in the woods of Jamaica. 1886 E. D. M. Hooper Rep. Forests of Jamaica 28 Mountain Guava... Not a very common timber tree and useful only for gun-stocks. 1941 C. Swabey Principal Timbers Jamaica 26 Mountain guava—Psidium montanum Sw. Myrtaceæ. A very tall tree up to 100 ft with a girth of about 7 ft. 1974 E. L. Little et al. Trees of Puerto Rico & Virgin Is. II. 692 Mountain guava. Psidium amplexicaule Pers. Mountain guava is a wild relative of..common guava (Psidium guajava L.). 1994 M. Griffiths Index Garden Plants 948/2 P. montanum Sw., Mountain guava; spice guava. < as lemmas |
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