| 单词 | yellow berry |
| 释义 | > as lemmasyellow berry yellow berry n. now historical the dried, unripe fruit of certain species of buckthorn (genus Rhamnus), used as the source of a yellow pigment or dye (also called Avignon berry, French berry, Persian berry); (in early use also, in plural) †the yellow pigment itself (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > colouring matter > [noun] > dyes and dyestuffs weldc1374 turmeric1545 yellow berry1652 fust1682 Avignon berry1728 eel-pout1736 yellowroot1755 quercitron1785 brass-colour1797 fustet1821 tesu1823 morin1833 datiscin1835 maize1838 picric acid1838 xanthin1838 moric acid1839 purree1844 nitrophenisic acid1845 rubiacin1848 flavin1853 orellin1857 fustic1858 maize colour1859 fusteric1860 Manchester yellow1862 chrysaniline1864 ilixanthin1865 flavaniline1882 sun-yellow1884 butter yellow1887 African turmeric1888 Indian turmeric1890 weld yellow1899 1652 Bk. Drawing 28 Yellow berries, it is most used in washing of all other yellows, it is bright, and transparent, fit for all uses, and is sufficient without the use of any other yellow. 1668 Excellency of Pen & Pencil 111 Take Yellow-Berries, bruise them a little, and let them Steep in Allum-water all night, in the morning you will have very fair Yellow to Wash withall. 1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 13 The Yellow Berry [Fr. Graine jaune] is the Fruit of a Shrub which Authors call Licium. 1812 J. Smyth Pract. of Customs ii. 41 Yellow Berries are the fruit of a species of Lycium, growing plentifully in different parts of France... It is much used by the Dyers and Painters. 1895 Bull. Misc. Information (Royal Gardens, Kew) No. 105. 238 Like the yellow berry..this plant is also neglected owing to the falling-off in the foreign demand. 1993 D. Quataert Ottoman Manufacturing in Age of Industr. Revol. (2002) i. 30 Yellow berry production also suffered. The competition of aniline colors lowered the price of yellow berries some 90 percent in just a few years. < as lemmas |
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