单词 | rough-skinned |
释义 | rough-skinnedadj. Having a rough skin, hide, or bark. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > valued plants and weeds > edible product or fruit > [adjective] > having a rind or rough skin rough-skinned1562 rindy1611 russeted1732 the world > animals > animal body > general parts > covering or skin > [adjective] > having a hide > having a tough or rough skin rough-skinned1562 corticated1646 the world > plants > part of plant > part of tree or woody plant > wood > [adjective] > of or relating to bark > having or shedding bark rindeda1461 barked?a1513 barky1600 sharding1891 rough-skinned1902 1562 Bp. J. Pilkington Vision of Abdy in Aggeus & Abdias Prophetes sig. Gg.i Esau was roughe skinned, a wylde man of conditions. 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. ii. 401 The proud Horse, the rough-skinn'd Elephant. 1678 J. P. tr. J. Johnstone Descr. Nature Four-footed Beasts ii. v. 39 Called Tragos, from Tragein, to eat; it being a ravenous beast; or from Trachu, because it is rough skind. 1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 292 The compressed, roundish, rough-skinned Ostracion,..the Sunfish. 1860 J. F. Campbell tr. in Pop. Tales W. Highlands I. xvii. 252 He called to his bald, rough-skinned gillie to bring him water. 1902 C. J. Cornish Naturalist on Thames 49 In the crevices of pines, oaks, elms, and other rough-skinned timber. 1959 Home Encycl. 10 Rough-skinned apples such as russets keep best. 1993 Taste Aug.–Sept. 28/2 Dab look like tiny, rough-skinned plaice, although they are no relation. Compounds rough-skinned plum n. now rare the edible fruit of the tree Parinari excelsa (family Chrysobalanaceae), which has rough, pitted skin (also called gingerbread plum, grey plum); (also) the tree itself, native to tropical and subtropical Africa. ΚΠ 1826 Gardener's Mag. 1 ii. 165 Parinarium excelsum, rough-skinned plum; a timber tree, with fruit like the imperatrice plum, in size and shape. 1836 J. Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. (ed. 2) 159 The Rough-skinned, or Gray plum of the same colony [sc. Sierra Leone] is the produce of Parinarium excelsum. 2008 Lost Crops Afr. (National Res. Council (U.S.) Board Sci. & Tech. for Internat. Devel.) III. ii. v. 266 The rough-skinned plum (Parinari excelsa Sabine) is also commonly called gingerbread plum. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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