英语词汇“poire”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

poire

释义

poire|pwɑː(r)|
[abbrev. of Canad. Fr. poire sauvage, lit. ‘wild pear’.]
A name formerly used in Canada for a tree or shrub of the genus Amelanchier, belonging to the family Rosaceæ, or its fruit, a blue-black berry; = saskatoon, shad-bush s.v. shad n. 4 b.
1789A. Mackenzie Jrnl. 14 Aug. in Voyages from Montreal (1801) vii. 107 There were plenty of berries, which my people called poires; they are of a purple hue, somewhat bigger than a pea, and of a luscious taste.1807G. Keith Let. 7 Jan. in L. F. R. Masson Les Bourgeois de la Compagnie du Nord-Ouest (1890) II. 66 There are poire, gooseberry and raspberry bushes.1837Trans. Lit. & Hist. Soc. Quebec III. 126 In the country parts this small fruit is dignified with the name of poire, more from its fine flavor, it is presumed, than from any resemblance to pears.1865Milton & Cheadle N.W. Passage by Land xiv. 266 The Indians brought in a plentiful supply of the poire, wild pear, or service berry.1951W. O'Meara Grand Portage xviii. 102 He found..a large purple berry called the poire that was the most delicious of all.

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