| 单词 | cacao mother |
| 释义 | > as lemmascacao mother cacao mother n. [after Spanish madre del cacao (a1541)] a tall tree planted to provide shade for a cacao tree. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > edible pods, seeds, leaves, or flowers > [noun] > cocoa-bean > cocoa plant > tree used to protect cocoa-tree cacao mother1870 1870 Good Words June 383/1 The beauty of these Erythrinas, ‘Madres [sic] de Cacao’, Cacao-mothers as they call them here, because their shade is supposed to shelter the Cacao-trees. 1891 H. A. A. Nicholls Elem. Text Bk. Trop. Agric. iii. 81 For permanent shade, the immortelle tree (Erythrina umbrosa ) or the ‘cacao mother’, as it is called, is used in Trinidad; but bread fruit, bread nut, avocado pears, and guango or saman trees may be planted. 2001 A. Byrn Chocolate from Cake Mix Doctor 465/1 The taller trees like banana, coconut palm, and rubber that grow next to cacao trees and shade them from the sun are called ‘cacao mothers’. < as lemmas |
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