| 单词 |
jargonelle |
| 释义 |
jargonelle|dʒɑːgəˈnɛl|
Also -el.
[a. F. jargonelle ‘a very gritty variety of pear’ (Littré), dim. of jargon jargon n.2]
An early ripening variety of pear.
Orig. applied, as in Fr., to an inferior variety, but already by 1733 transferred to that called in Fr. Cuisse Madame.
1693Evelyn De la Quint. iii. I. 123 Here is a particular List of those [Pears] which I know to be so Bad, that I Counsel no Body to Plant any of them. Summer-Pears..8. The Jargonnelle. 1733Miller Gard. Dict. s.v. Pyrus, Jargonelle..is certainly what all the French Gardeners did formerly call the Cuisse Madam. 1858O. W. Holmes Aut. Breakf.-t. iv. (1865) 32 Some are ripe at twenty, like human Jargonelles, and must be made the most of, for their day is soon over. 1858Mrs. Oliphant Laird Norlaw I. 22 The white gable wall of the manse, obscured with the branches of its jargonel tree. 1894Times 25 Oct. 10/2 That prettiest and earliest of all pears, the Jargonnelle.
b. Short for jargonelle pear essence, Amylacetate, C5H11.C2H3O2, used as flavouring for confectionery. |
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