| 单词 | pawpaw tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspawpaw tree 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. pawpaw tree a. More fully pawpaw bush, pawpaw tree. A small North American tree, Asimina triloba (family Annonaceae), with dull purple flowers and ovate leaves; (also) any of various other shrubs or small trees of the genus Asimina. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > other fruits > [noun] tamarind1539 zizypha1546 guava1555 tuna1555 turpentine1562 mango1582 mammee1587 durian1588 lychee1588 sapota1589 fritter1591 mangosteen1598 custard apple1648 longan1655 mammee sapota1657 mammee apple1683 breadfruit1697 coco-plum1699 rambutan1707 pawpaw1709 locust bean1731 sapodilla1750 cherimoya1758 wild lime1767 Otaheite apple1777 narra1779 langsat1783 rose apple1790 cinnamon apple1796 sapota plum1797 bhindi1809 salak1820 gingerbread plum1824 geebung1827 loquat1829 sapodilla plum1830 sage-apple1832 kangaroo-apple1834 karaka-fruit1834 quandong1836 mombin1837 terap1839 zapote1842 tamarind plum1846 prairie pea1848 Barbados-cherry1858 kei-apple1859 Natal plum1859 bullock's heart1866 guava-apple1866 Sierra Leone peach1866 Turkey fig1866 marula1877 scarlet banana1885 Suriname cherry1895 feijoa1898 pear apple1898 ume1918 pepino1922 Chinese gooseberry1925 num-num1926 acerola1954 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > tropical exotic fruit > North American Papaw1707 pawpaw1709 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 > North American fruit-trees pawpaw1709 1709 J. Lawson New Voy. Carolina 105 The Papau is not a large tree. 1785 G. Washington Diary 18 Nov. (1925) II. 444 Sent to Mr. Digges for Papaw Bushes to replace the dead ones in my Shrubberies. 1832 F. Trollope Domest. Manners Amer. (ed. 2) I. iv. 58 Near New Orleans the undergrowth of palmetto and pawpaw is highly beautiful. 1882 Cornhill Mag. May 580 Often we pass by groves of young paw-paws. 1896 Cosmopolitan Feb. 396/1 She kept herself screened behind the ironweed and pawpaw bushes. 1941 R. S. Walker Lookout 61 In the same locality one finds a dwarf papaw standing from two to four feet high, bearing edible fruit. 1992 New Scientist 15 Feb. 18/1 The pawpaw's family, the Annonaceae, is a rich source of a group of chemicals called acetogenins. < as lemmas |
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