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名詞

sea apple (plural sea apples)

1. A round, colourful sea cucumber of the genera Paracucumaria and Paracolochirus, found primarily in Indo-Pacific waters.
2. The fruit of a West Indian palm (Manicaria plukenetii ⇒ ) Manicaria saccifera, often found floating in the sea.
   • 1864, August Grisebach, Flora of the British West Indian Islands:

     Sea-apple: Manicaria Pluketielii.

3. A troolie palm; any of species Syzygium grande of trees, that can reach 30 m, found along the coastal mountains of Southeast Asia or its fruit.

参照

• “sea apple”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• sea apple on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

参照

• “sea-apple”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.