| 单词 | pearl fruit |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspearl fruit pearl fruit n. the fruit (a small white drupe) of Margyricarpus pinnatus (family Rosaceae), a dwarf evergreen shrub, native to the Andes and often grown in rockeries; (also) the shrub itself. ΚΠ 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 855/1 Pearl-fruit, the fruit of Margyricarpus setosus. 1902 T. W. Sanders Encycl. Gardening (ed. 5) Margyricarpus (Pearl Berry, Pearl Fruit)... Hardy evergreen trailing shrub. Orn. fruiting. Nat. Andes of Peru. 1973 W. J. Bean's Trees & Shrubs Hardy in Brit. Isles (ed. 8) II. 720 M[argyricarpus] pinnatus (Lam.) O. Kuntze. Pearl Fruit... This curious little shrub may be grown by those interested in out-of-the-way plants; but beyond its finely-cut leaves it has little to recommend it, although when its pearl-like fruits are borne freely it is distinctive. < as lemmas |
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