| 单词 | sweet lemon |
| 释义 | > as lemmassweet lemon 3. With distinguishing word prefixed. Applied to plants of different families bearing a yellow fruit. sweet lemon: the Citrus lumia, cultivated in the South of Europe ( Treasury Bot.). water lemon: Passiflora laurifolia of the West Indies. wild lemon: (a) Podophyllum peltatum; (b) an Australian timber tree ( Canthium latifolium). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tropical or exotic fruit-tree or -plant > passion-fruit plants maracock1609 granadilla1613 passion-tree1728 water lemon1756 May-pop1851 the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Ranunculaceae (crowfoot and allies) > [noun] > podophyllum or May-apple mayapple1731 duck's foot1755 Indian apple1833 hog apple1837 lime-plant1844 Podophyllum1844 mandrake1845–50 wild lemon1882 1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 328 The Water-Lemon... It grows frequent in the woods. 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 317 Water Lemon, Passiflora. 1882 Garden 25 Feb. 127/1 The flowers..are succeeded in May by oval yellowish fruits called wild Lemons. < as lemmas |
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