| 单词 | olive nut |
| 释义 | > as lemmasolive nut olive nut n. the fruit of various trees of the Old World genus Elaeocarpus (family Elaeocarpaceae), esp. that of E. sphaericus of Asia, used as beads. ΚΠ 1872–3 Chambers's Cycl. 801/1 The deeply wrinkled seed or stone of the fruit of some, particularly Elæocarpus ganitrus..are made into beads for necklaces and bracelets, and or sometimes set in gold. They are often called Olive Nuts. 1934 W. D. Hooper & H. B. Ash tr. Cato On Agriculture 275 The stem was found to spring more slowly from the olive nut than from others. 1997 D. J. Mabberley Plant-bk. (ed. 2) 251 E. sphaericus..(E. ganitrus, olive nut, India to W Mal[aysia])—seeds used as beads. < as lemmas |
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