| 单词 | black olive |
| 释义 | > as lemmasblack olive black olive n. (a) the fruit of the olive tree, Olea europaea, when ripe and purple-black; cf. olive n.1 2a; (b) a tropical American tree, Bucida buceras (family Combretaceae), the fruit of which resembles an olive. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > trees or plants bearing stone fruit > olive tree > types of oleastereOE olive treea1398 wild olive1577 olive1629 olive bark1668 black olive1756 manzanilla1891 1567 H. G. tr. G. Boccaccio Pleasaunt Disport Diuers Noble Personages iv. f. 19 The dry bough began to waxe greene, and within a while after to beare leaues, & not long after,..it was laden with blacke Olives. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. ii. ii. 106 I remember wee had blacke Oliues, which I had neuer seene before, and they were of a most pleasant taste. 1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 221 This tree is called the Black-Olive in Jamaica. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 177/2 The Olive-bark, or Black Olive of Jamaica, produces wood which is valuable on account of its not being liable to the attacks of insects. 1939 Times 27 Mar. 17/4 Serve with crisp toast and a salad of shredded celery and black olives. 2007 Claims Mag. (Nexis) Nov. (Iconoclast section) 94 Other popular trees, such as the Black Olive, have low wind resistance. < as lemmas |
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