单词 | sorb-apple |
释义 | sorb-applen. The fruit of the service-tree, or the tree itself. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > pear > fruit of service-tree servec1350 aleysa1425 service1530 sorb1530 sorb-apple1548 corm1578 service apple1600 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > pear-tree > service-tree service1510 service tree1510 sorb-apple1548 sorb1555 corm1578 whitty-treea1697 Sorbus1706 1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. G.iiij v This tree maye be called in englishe a sorb tree, and the fruite a sorb Appel. 1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 143 The sorb appel is very pleasant to be eaten vntill it be rotten. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball 727 Sorbe Apples or Service beries are much lyke to Medlers. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Corme, the Seruice, or Sorb-apple. 1666 J. Davies tr. C. de Rochefort Hist. Caribby-Islands 35 It tastes like a Sorb-apple. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Service There are also two sorts of Sorb-Apples. 1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) I. 243 The scarlet clusters of the sorb-apple. 1796 C. Marshall Gardening (1813) xvii. 287 Service, (sweet) or sorb apple is rarely cultivated for fruit. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1548 |
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