| 单词 | pawpaw plant |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspawpaw plant b. More fully pawpaw plant, pawpaw tree. The papaya tree, Carica papaya. Cf. papaya n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tropical or exotic fruit-tree or -plant > pawpaw tree dug-tree1640 pawpawc1645 papaya tree1704 c1645 E. Waller Battle of Summer-Islands i. 52 The palma-christi, and the fair papà, Now but a seed (preventing Nature's law), In half the circle of the hasty year Project a shade, and lovely fruits do wear. 1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 70 The Papa is but a small tree,..the top handsomely form'd to the branches. 1750 G. Hughes Nat. Hist. Barbados 223 It is surrounded with Leaves similar to those of the Popo-Tree. 1764 J. Grainger Sugar-cane iv. 125 Thy temples shaded by the tremulous palm, Or quick papaw. 1871 C. Kingsley At Last I. i. 36 In the midst of the yard grew, side by side..the magic trees, whose leaves rubbed on the toughest meat make it tender..a male and female Papaw. 1920 Nature 2 Sept. 36/1 A fungus..causes powdery mildew on the leaves of the pawpaw plant. 1958 J. Carew Black Midas iv. 64 We walked past banana, paw-paw, and cocoa trees. 1991 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 30 Mar. 5/5 Whole plantations of papaws in south-east Queensland might have to be destroyed where fruit trees show evidence of a serious new viral infection. < as lemmas |
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