单词 | bumble-kite |
释义 | bumble-kiten. regional (esp. English regional (northern)). A blackberry. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > edible berries > blackberry blackberryOE brambleberryc1000 bramberry1599 brier-berry1626 ramble-berry1658 bumble-kite1685 bumbleberry1728 mooch1839 1685 G. Meriton Nomenclatura Clericalis 184 A Black Berry, or Bumble Kite, Vaccinium. 1691 J. Ray N. Country Words Bumblekites: Bramble-Berries. Yorkshire. 1794 J. Morse Amer. Geogr. (new ed.) 144 Sowteat Blackberry or Bumblekites. 1824 W. Carr Horæ Momenta Cravenæ 15 To pike..some shoups, bummlekites, an hindberries. 1874 G. Cameron Charlie Lufton i. vi. 57 Dick and I gathered some bumblekites or brambles, which grew in abundance in all the hedges, for our dessert. 1901 G. L. Apperson Idler's Cal. 145 In districts so far apart as Hampshire and Yorkshire, the berries are commonly known as ‘bumble-kites’. 1985 Guardian 14 Sept. 23/5 If rhubarb heralds the soft fruit season, the blackberry (Brambleberry, Brummel, or Bumble Kite) brings it to a glorious close. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1685 |
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