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单词 pregnada
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pregnadan.

Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish preñado.
Etymology: < Spanish preñado, specific use as noun of preñado (see pregnate adj.). N.E.D. (1907) gives the pronunciation as (preny·ādă) /preˈɲada/.
Obsolete.
An orange or lemon containing or enclosed in another. Cf. navel orange n. at navel n. Compounds 2.
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1667 T. Sprat Hist. Royal-Soc. 207 Oranges and Lemmons, especially the Pregnadas which have small ones in their bellies, from whence they are so denominated.
1790 Coll. Voy. round World IV. i. 1229 Another botanical curiosity, mentioned by him, is what they call Pregnada, or impregnated lemon. It is a perfect and distinct lemon, inclosed within another.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
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