naseberry
(ˈneɪzbərɪ)
Also 7 -bury, 9 knees-.
[ad. Sp. or Pg. néspera medlar (Sp. n{iacu}spero medlar-tree): see etym. note to medle n.]
A West Indian tree (Sapota Achras) which yields an edible fruit called the Sapodilla plum. Also attrib.
| 1698 Phil. Trans. XIX. 435 The Chrysodendros Americana, or Star-apple, the Nasebury Tree. 1725 Sloane Jamaica II. 171 Naseberry. This tree riseth up with a streight trunc..about thirty foot high. 1753 Chambers Cycl. Supp. App., Naseberry tree, the English name of a distinct genus of plants, called by botanists Cainito, or Chrysophyllum. 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 320 Naseberry⁓tree, Sloanea. 1849 Balfour Man. Bot. §937 Achras Sapota, and other species, furnish the Sappodilla Plum and Naseberry, well-known West Indian fruits. 1892 M. North Recoll. Happy Life I. 99 The Sapodilla or kneesberry whose fruit is about the size of an apple and tastes like a medlar. |