| 单词 | prickle-apple |
| 释义 | > as lemmasprickle-apple prickle-apple n. now rare (Caribbean in later use) the soursop, the fruit of the tree Annona muricata. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > tropical exotic fruit > of South America or West Indies > sour-sop prickle-apple1578 prickled apple1657 sour-sop1667 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iii. lxxxvii. 441 The Names..Thornie apples, Prickle apples, and Stramonia. 1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis ii. i. ii. 186 Part of a Prickle-Apple... The Fruit is remarkable for the several Tussucks or Bunches of Thorns wherewith it is armed all round about. a1700 State of Jamaica (B.L. Egerton MS 2395) f. 612 Cashues, prickell peares, prickell Apples, Soursops, Custard Apples. 1768 Wonders of Nature (ed. 2) VI. 217 The pine-apple, the prickle-apple, oranges, lemons, and limes are found here in plenty. 1979 Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 9 Apr. 6/4 In Jamaica the prickle-apple was an old name for what fruit?.. The soursop. < as lemmas |
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