| 单词 | acajou apple |
| 释义 | > as lemmasacajou apple 1. Any of several closely related trees of the genus Anacardium; esp. the cashew, A. occidentale. Also: the swollen edible ‘fruit’ (actually a pseudocarp) of the cashew tree, from which the cashew nut hangs (more fully acajou apple); the cashew nut itself.white acajou: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > edible nuts or nut-trees > [noun] > cashew nut or tree anacard?1541 acajou1568 cashew-tree1703 the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > nut > [noun] > cashew-nut anacard?1541 acajou1796 cashew-nut1796 1568 T. Hacket tr. A. Thevet New Found Worlde lxi. f. 97v The countrey is fruitefull ynough, better than belongeth to such wicked beasts, for it beareth great quantitie of fruits, hearbes and wholsome rootes, with a great nomber of trees, named by them Acaiou [printed Acaion; Fr. qu'ils nomment Acaïous], bearing a fruit as big as my fist. 1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes IV. vii. 1332 There is a tree in those Countries, of the height of our Seruice tree, whose apple the Barbarians name Acaiou. 1672 R. Blome Descr. Jamaica 73 Here are abundance of Fruits of several sorts, as Dates, Orenges.., Pomgranates, Citrons, Limes, Lemons, Macows, Grapes, Juneper-Apples, Papayers, Momins, Monbains, Acajous. 1698 tr. F. Froger Relation Voy. Coasts Afr. 128 The Acajou-Apple is thick, long, and of a yellow-red; has a sharp Taste, and is usually eaten baked. 1707 H. Sloane Voy. Islands I. p. xxix Acajou wine, made of the Fruit so called, is very strong, keeps not long, and causes vomiting; 'tis reckoned a good remedy in the Dropsie. 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xix. 269 Acajou or Cashew we know chiefly by the nut, which grows at the end of a fleshy body, as large as an Orange, and full of an acid juice. 1796 J. G. Stedman Narr. Exped. Surinam II. xxii 139 The real acajow or cashew nuts. 1833 Penny Cycl. I. 484/2 The Cashew, or Acajou nut, anacardium. 1884 Chatterbox 19/2 The fruit-stalk of the Acajou-tree presents a great peculiarity: just under the nut it becomes swollen and fleshy, increasing in size as the nut ripens. 1912 Proc. Amer. Pharmaceut. Assoc. 253 Although indigenous to Brazil, the acajou tree has now spread throughout the tropics. 2006 H. Robinson Costa Rica: Ecotraveller's Guide i. 13/1 The huge riverside wild cashew, or acajou (Anacardium excelsum) recruits bats as dispersers. < as lemmas |
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