| 单词 | peach stone |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspeach stone peach stone n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > stone fruit > peach > stone of peach stone1580 peach pip1886 1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Peschenoix, a Peach stone. 1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies i. li. 94/1 It hath within it a stone bigger then a Peach stone, but it is not good to be eaten. 1683 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 13 185 As Nuts and Peach-Stones &c. give way to the germinating Plant. a1706 J. Evelyn Direct. for Gardiner (1932) 54 Set a Bed of peach-stones. 1815 Ld. Byron Let. 7 Jan. (1975) IV. 252 The cushions..were stuffed with Peach-stones I believe. 1995 P. Ilie Age of Minerva II. vi. 165 A pebble in the road and the stone of a peach appear equally mineral in their constitution, and yet only the peach stone can generate life. < as lemmas |
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