| 单词 | pontic nut |
| 释义 | > as lemmasPontic nut Pontic nut n. [after classical Latin nux Pontica (Pliny), Hellenistic Greek κάρυον Ποντικόν (Galen); compare French noix pontique (1611 in Cotgrave)] now rare a hazelnut (from the Pontic region). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > edible nuts or nut-trees > [noun] > hazel-nut hazelnuteOE Avellana1398 filberta1400 bannuta1500 cob-nut1574 cob1589 hazel1601 Pontic nut1601 stock-nut1833 Barcelona nut1851 noisette1970 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xv. xxiii. 446 They came out of Pontus into Natolia and Greece, and therefore they bee called Ponticke nuts. 1775 G. Motherby New Med. Dict. at Amatzquitl The fruit are as large as Pontic nuts, divided into white grains of the same shape and nature as those of a fig. 1951 Dict. Gardening (Royal Hort. Soc.) III. 1385/1 Others were known as Pontic Nuts from Pontus, also in Asia. 2004 San Antonio (Texas) Express-News (Nexis) 13 Oct. f5 Other names [for the filbert] include the Cobb Nut, the Spanish Nut, the Pontic Nut and the Lombard. < as lemmas |
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