| 单词 | native cherry-tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnative cherry-tree native cherry n. Australian a small cypress-like Australian tree, Exocarpos cupressiformis (family Santalaceae) (also native cherry-tree); (also) the fruit of this tree, which is a nut attached to an edible fleshy receptacle. ΚΠ 1817 A. Cunningham in I. Lee Early Explorers Austral. (1925) 217 The Native Cherry, our common eastern coast plant, Exocarpus cupressiformis. 1844 S. Austral. Odd Fellows' Mag. Oct. 191 The thick foliage of the native cherry-tree..studded with small fruit just blushing into ripeness. 1886 W. J. Woods Visit to Victoria 22 The Native Cherry, whose stone grows outside the fruit, is of the size of a pea, acrid and dry. 1948 H. A. Lindsay Bushman's Handbk. 58 The native cherry..is practically leafless and has flattened stems. 1984 E. Walling On Trail Austral. Wildflowers 12 A Native Cherry..gives a wonderful note of contrast in the bush. < as lemmas |
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