mountain plum

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A tree of species Ximenia americana, of the tropics, that bears cherished fruits.
    — Mountain plum.—The mountain plum (Ximenia americana) is a native of the tropics. It is a tree with simple leaves; flowers white, in clusters; fruit yellow, size of a plum; pulp of a pleasant subacid taste with a slight astringency.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see mountain, plum.
    — They fry okra. […] Our supper came with a bottle of brandy made from mountain plums and, by the potency, a good helping of mountain lightning, too.

词形变化

mountain plums plural

词源

The local name in Jamaica once, where it occurs.
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