单词 | robine |
释义 | Robinen. Now historical and rare. Any of several varieties of dessert pear; esp. a small, early-ripening, yellow-skinned variety with sweet musky flesh. Frequently attributive or as a postmodifier. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > pear > early-ripening varieties pere-jonettec1390 rosewater pear1629 Catherine peara1642 Robine1658 jargonelle1693 jenneting pear1694 summer rose1860 1658 J. Evelyn tr. N. de Bonnefons French Gardiner 116 [Pears whose Fruit is in perfection] In October and November... Robine. 1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Compl. Gard'ner i. iii. 77 In like manner, two Russelet or two Robine pear-trees..may be able both together, to furnish us for at least Fifteen Days, and in that time to give us Two or Three hundred Pears. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Pear Robin..is in Shape and Size like a small Bergamot,..sugar'd and perfum'd Juice [etc.]. 1755 T. Hitt Treat. Fruit-trees lxxxv. 237 The nonpareil, and d'Api apples upon paradise stocks, the Jargonel, and Robin pears upon quince-stocks. 1786 J. Abercrombie Arrangem. Plants 12 in Gardeners Daily Assistant Principal Varieties [of Pears],..Musk blanquette,..Musk robine. 1832 W. R. Prince Pomological Man. (ed. 2) i. 33 Robine... This pear has the form of a top, and its height, which is nearly equal to its diameter, is but twenty-two lines wide. 1884 R. Hogg Fruit Man. (ed. 5) 637 The Robine of Gibson, which he says is the same as that of Tournefort, is a very different pear from this, being larger and pyramidal. 1921 U. P. Hedrick Pears N.Y. II. ii. 522 Robine... This is an ancient pear of unascertained origin. 1982 J. Grigson Fruit Bk. (1984) 310 A favourite pear of Louis' was called La Robine; de la Quintinie rechristened it La Royale.] This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1658 |
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