单词 | winter strawberry |
释义 | > as lemmaswinter strawberry winter strawberry n. now rare the strawberry tree, Arbutus unedo; (also) the fruit of this tree, a reddish-yellow berry which has rough, warty skin and ripens late in the year. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [noun] > arbutus or strawberry tree strawberry tree1548 arbute1551 arbutus1551 memerill1592 winter strawberry1708 madroño?1842 1708 J. P. Lecaan Advice Gentlemen in Army Spain & Portugal 79 The Strawberry-Tree... This beautiful Evergreen is now become no Stranger to our English Gardens, having this Winter seen several Nosegays sold of their Flowers and Fruit, which they call here Winter Strawberries. 1866 E. Watts Flowers & Flower Garden v. 27 The Arbutus, or Winter Strawberry, is a hardy ever-green, the bright-coloured strawberry-like fruit of which is gay and pretty in winter. 1907 F. G. Heath Our Brit. Trees 59 As the fruit of the Arbutus is ripe late in the year, it is sometimes called ‘The Winter Strawberry’. 1996 A. L. Jacobson N. Amer. Landscape Trees 81/2 The winter strawberry. Killarney strawberry tree. From Ireland... A shrub or rarely a twisted-trunk little tree. < as lemmas |
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