| 单词 | orange thorn |
| 释义 | > as lemmasorange thorn orange thorn n. any of several Australian thorny shrubs constituting the genus Citriobatus (family Pittosporaceae), which bear an edible berry resembling a small orange in appearance, esp. C. pauciflorus; also called native orange. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tree or plant bearing citrus fruit > other citrus trees citron tree1530 citron1540 pome-citron tree1597 bael1618 lime-tree1748 citrus1781 shaddock1785 pampelmoes1796 pomelo1803 marmelos1823 orange thorn1852 1852 G. W. Johnson Cottage Gardeners' Dict. 248/1 Citriobatus... Called the Orange thorn by the colonists in New Holland, the plant bearing small orange-coloured fruit. 1889 J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants Austral. 16 ‘Native Orange’, ‘Orange Thorn’. The fruit is an orange berry with a leathery skin, about one inch and a half in diameter... It is eaten by the aboriginals. 1967 A. M. Blombery Guide Native Austral. Plants 232 C[itriobatus] pauciflorus. Orange Thorn. A stiff, erect, much-branched shrub with thorns; it has small, dark-green, toothed leaves and white flowers. 1996 Jrnl. Biogeogr. 23 190/1 The number of small saplings, orange thorn (Citriobatus pauciflorus) and other shrubs was recorded. < as lemmas |
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