单词 | wild mango |
释义 | > as lemmaswild mango wild mango n. (also wild mango tree) (a) the bread-tree of Western Africa ( Irvingia barteri); (b) = mountain mango n. at mountain n. and adj. Compounds 2d; (c) Spondias mangifera of India. 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 > names applied to various types Indian plum1636 bread tree1640 pear tree1696 pine1696 wild mango1813 1813 W. Ainslie Materia Medica Hindoostan 222 Wild Mango. Spondias Mangifera. Lin... This fruit has got its name from its resemblance to a Mango. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 628/1 The drupaceous fruits of two at least of the three species [of Irvingia] known are edible, and known under the name of Wild Mangos. 1878 H. M. Stanley Through Dark Continent II. xiii. 365 Wild mango-tree. < as lemmas |
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