单词 | pigeon plum |
释义 | pigeon plumn. 1. Any of several trees of the tropical genus Coccoloba (family Polygonaceae); esp. C. diversifolia of Florida and the Caribbean, which has a fleshy edible fruit and is allied to the sea grape, C. uvifera. Also: the fruit of such a tree. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [noun] > of South America or West Indies sweetwood1607 mastic1657 acajou1666 bastard locust tree1670 bastard locust tree1670 alligator wood1696 muskwood1696 lancewood1697 rodwood1716 cog-wood1725 soapwood1733 down tree?1740 pigeon plum1743 break-axe tree1756 horse-wood1756 loblolly whitewood1756 Spanish elm1756 trumpet-tree1756 ahuehuete1778 ocote1787 locust tree1795 Madeira wood1796 peroba1813 roble1814 louro1816 cecropia1824 purple heart1825 wallaba1825 trumpet-wood1836 gumbo-limbo1837 poui1838 quebracho1839 snake-wood1843 yacca1843 horseflesh wood1851 necklace tree1858 Honduras rosewood1860 turanira1862 softwood1864 wattle-wood1864 balsa tree1866 primavera1871 rauli1874 lemon-wood1879 wheel-tree1882 Spanish stopper1883 gurgeon-stopper1884 pinkwood-tree1884 stopper1884 sloth-tree1885 imbaubaa1893 Spanish cedar1907 amarant1909 Parana pine1916 imbuya1919 mastic-bully1920 banak1921 timbo1924 becuiba1934 1743 M. Catesby Nat. Hist. Carolina II. x. Pl. 94 Pigeon-Plum..grows on Rocks, on many of the Bahama Islands. 1884 C. S. Sargent Rep. Forests N. Amer. 117 Coccoloba Floridiana... Pigeon Plum... The edible and abundant grape-like fruit..is eagerly devoured by raccoons and other animals. 1897 G. S. Sudworth Nomencl. Arborescent Flora U.S. 192 Coccolobis laurifolia... Common Name. Pigeon Plum (Fla.). 1934 H. M. Bell Bahamas 84 Silvertop berries..are used for dessert together with pigeon plums. 1967 Bahamas Handbk. & Businessmen's Ann. (ed. 7) 489 Fruit..Plum (Scarlet, Spanish Hog, Cocoa, Darling, Natal, Pigeon). 1995 Esquire Nov. 128/2 Outdoors is a rustic patio centered on a hundred-year-old pigeon-plum tree. 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 > African fruit-plants mammee apple1683 num-num1770 guarri1789 pigeon plum1826 gingerbread tree1829 Guinea peach1829 kaffir orange1852 marula1857 kei-apple1859 Natal plum1859 klapper1863 Sierra Leone peach1866 velvet tamarind1866 Dingaan's apricot1868 wild orange1932 1826 Gardener's Mag. 1 ii. 165 Chrysobalanus luteus, yellow pigeon plum; shaped like an Orleans plum. 1855 H. Murray et al. Encycl. Geogr. III. 29 Four other fruits called Plums, the Small Pigeon Plum (Chrysoblanus ellipticus), the Yellow Pigeon Plum (C. Luteus), the Black Plum (Vitex umbrosa), and the Sugar Plum. 1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants Pigeon Plum-tree, Sierra Leone. Chrysobalanus ellipticus and C. luteus. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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