| 单词 | oak-berry |
| 释义 | > as lemmasoak-berry oak-berry n. †(a) a berry-like oak gall (obsolete); (b) Irish English (northern) an acorn. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > disease or injury > [noun] > gall or abnormal growth > on particular plants oak-apple1440 bedeguar1578 sponge1608 oak-berry1626 oak nut1626 Aleppo gall1698 grape-gall1753 rose gall1753 oak galla1774 ear cockle1777 honeysuckle apple1818 sage-apple1832 robin's pincushion1835 oak spangle1836 robin's cushion1837 oak-wart1840 spangle1842 shick-shack1847 spangle-gall1864 tomato gall1869 Robin redbreast's cushion1878 knopper1879 trumpet-gall1879 spongiole1884 knot-gall1894 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §635 Besides its acorns, it beareth galls, Oak-apples, oak-nuts which are inflammable, and oak-berries. 1721 R. Bradley Philos. Acct. Wks. Nature xi. 184 I have observed one sort of Ant which lays its Egg in the Back of the Oak Leaf, and raises the Blisters in those Leaves, which we call the Oak Berries. 1853 G. Johnston Bot. E. Borders 187 The pretty galls which grow upon the leaves so abundantly are called oak-berries. 1953 M. Traynor Eng. Dial. Donegal 199/2 Oak-berry, the acorn. 1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 239/1 Oak-berry, an acorn. < as lemmas |
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