| 单词 | prune tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmasprune tree prune tree n. (a) a plum tree; (in later use) spec. one of a variety having fruit suitable for drying; (b) Caribbean the tree Prunus occidentalis, having bark used medicinally and kernels used in the production of liqueur, and yielding useful timber. ΚΠ 1580 T. Newton Approoued Med. f. 69v The leaues & Buds of the Prune tree haue sensible tartnes. 1617 Janua Linguarum 98 The prune tree and cherry tree do wither with frost. 1788 D. Munro Treat. Med. & Pharmaceut. Chymistry III. 224 French, or common Prunes (the fruit of the prune tree)..are commonly used as cooling and gentle laxatives. 1850 J. Macfadyen Flora Jamaica II. 5 Cerasus occidentalis. Prune tree. 1972 C. D. Adams Flowering Plants Jamaica 3/3 P[runus] occidentalis..Prune or Pruan Tree. 1995 Jrnl. Econ. Hist. 55 795 California fruit growers engaged in a..process of experimentation to find the most appropriate plant stocks... Plums and prune trees were brought in from France and Japan. < as lemmas |
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