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单词 wild fig
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A fruit bat gave a high pinging cry as it left the branches of a wild fig. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z
There are roses and honeysuckles, wild figs and acacias; over all of which a thick cordage of various creepers twines in clusters. March to Magdala 2012-04-19T02:00:32.620Z
Charybdis’ den lay under a rock crowned with a single wild fig tree; and three times daily she ingulfed the surrounding waters, drawing even large galleys into her capacious jaws. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z
So again they camped in the open, under a solitary wild fig tree, and the rain held off. Miranda of the Balcony A Story 2012-01-28T03:00:24.760Z
Gigantic aloes with broad spiked blades and towering stalks stud the rocky declivities, and the cactus, wild fig, and other sub-tropical forms of plant-life lend character to the scenery. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z
Assam rubber, which ranks in the market with the best Brazilian crude rubber, comes from the sap of this wild fig tree, Ficus elasticus. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z
He was afraid, and he stayed in the woods living on figs that he gathered under a wild fig tree. Bluebeard 2011-09-19T02:00:13.657Z
A little later on, however, he came upon another, and it led him to a big and shady wild fig tree. Jock of the Bushveld 2011-08-04T02:00:24.987Z
Now the tree, the wild fig, from which the fruit meant by the term ἔρινα comes, is called ἐρινὸς, being a masculine noun. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z
But no sooner did the cunning little animal see this great heap of wild figs all collected together, than he thought, “That looks very like my friend the Alligator.” Old Deccan Days or Hindoo Fairy Legends Current in Southern India 2011-07-12T02:00:31.917Z
There were groves of wild figs, their dark fruit luscious and astringent, and plump coconuts, their tender core as rich as any in Yorubaland. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z
So early one morning he crawled out of the water and dragged himself to the wild fig tree. Bluebeard 2011-09-19T02:00:13.657Z
The camp was under a very large wild fig tree, whose dense canopy gave us shade all through the day. Jock of the Bushveld 2011-08-04T02:00:24.987Z
Its sweetness resembles that of the common fig; and within it resembles the wild fig: but in size it is about equal to the cuckoo-apple. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z
The flesh of these cattle was too bitter for eating, but they found a stream of running water and some wild figs. The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea Vol. II 2011-04-05T02:00:10.813Z
I drew some bread from my pocket, picked off some wild figs and began to eat, reflecting how I should come home the quickest. Caucasian Legends 2011-03-17T02:00:14.137Z
The fruit of the wild fig never acquires the succulence of the cultivated kinds. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z
There is a resemblance, but in my opinion these gigantic trees must be mangroves or wild figs. The Swiss Family Robinson or, Adventures on a Desert Island 2011-01-03T03:01:03.473Z
Its situation was an open slope, fronting a rolling country, more or less thickly grown with wild fig and mahobo-hobo, mimosa and feathery acacia. John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising
And in the shade of the mimosa, and wild fig, and mahobo-hobo, birds piped and called to each other. In the Whirl of the Rising
Shall the strength of its generations be as barren as death; or cast away their labor, as the wild fig tree casts her untimely figs? The Voice of Science in Nineteenth-Century Literature Representative Prose and Verse
In the meantime he nodded his head compassionately at Nell and gave to each a few handfuls of dried wild figs and a silver dollar with an image of Maria Theresa. In Desert and Wilderness
It was found that in Mediterranean regions a little insect, known as the Blastophaga, fertilizes the flowers of the Smyrna fig with pollen from the wild fig which it inhabits. Little Masterpieces of Science: The Naturalist as Interpreter and Seer
The foliage grew more abundant as they advanced; the “marula” and wild fig, and omnipresent acacia. John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising
Then she sat down beneath the shade of a large overhanging wild fig, to take it all in. In the Whirl of the Rising
The water comes bubbling and whirling out from under a screen of wild figs and vines, forming a pool of palest, clearest blue, a hundred feet in diameter. Out-of-Doors in the Holy Land Impressions of Travel in Body and Spirit
They chanced upon a wide valley in which they found water and a score or more of wild fig trees. In Desert and Wilderness
Their principal food is the leafage and young shoots of various trees, the wild fig being a favorite. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months
One evidence of his lack of wit was that he would eat wild figs with honey. Historic Tales, Volume 11 (of 15) The Romance of Reality
There were palms and wild figs in abundance, and with cabbage-palm hearts as a substitute their meat diet was abandoned. The Rogue Elephant The Boys' Big Game Series
But it is thickly covered with trees: poplars and oaks and wild figs and acacias and wild olives. Out-of-Doors in the Holy Land Impressions of Travel in Body and Spirit
After this followed breakfast, consisting of excellent wild figs and a rump of venison. In Desert and Wilderness
Myla knew where a clump of wild figs were bending under their burden of ripe fruit and she hastened to the spot. The Black Phantom
The spot when reached was found to be a small cavity in the rocks which was delightfully shaded by the leaves of the wild fig, and by a number of interwoven and overhanging bamboos. The Fugitives The Tyrant Queen of Madagascar
The comparison of the fertilization of the date palm to the use of the wild fig refers to the practice of Caprification. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield
But no sooner did the cunning little animal see this great heap of wild figs all collected together than he thought, "That looks very like my friend the Alligator." Childhood's Favorites and Fairy Stories The Young Folks Treasury, Volume 1
The temples are overgrown with snapdragons and mallows, yellow asters and lilac gillyflowers, white allium and wild fig. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series
On landing, they found a spring of running water and some wild figs. Prince Henry the Navigator, the Hero of Portugal and of Modern Discovery, 1394-1460 A.D. With an Account of Geographical Progress Throughout the Middle Ages As the Preparation for His Work.
The practice of fertilizing fig trees by hanging them with fruits of the wild fig is one of those which it is difficult to class—whether with the visionary or the practical. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science October, 1877. Vol XX - No. 118
The road passes over an undulating country entirely uncultivated, diversified here and there with copses and thickets of wild figs intermixed with hawthorn, rose-bushes, and broom. Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood
Among the fruits used by them is a kind of wild fig; and they eat also the kernels of that fruit which resembles a pine-apple. The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay With an Account of the Establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson and Norfolk Island (1789)
Stopped at the Barahduree as usual, this one surrounded with wild fig, plum, peach, pomegranate, and mulberry trees. Three Months of My Life
We had to tread the long paved way to the distant cove at the river’s mouth; we had to endure the lashes from the switches of wild fig In the Wrong Paradise
The tribe which is rich in the dokhar, or wild fig, is fortunate, and especially so if its neighbors have none or if their crop of it fails. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science October, 1877. Vol XX - No. 118
So ye be craving for baptism, the ferryman said, and looked as if he did not care a wild fig whether Joseph got it that morning or missed it. The Brook Kerith A Syrian story
The stomachs of the peccaries we killed contained wild figs, palm nuts, and bundles of root fibres. Through the Brazilian Wilderness
The wild fig is often a dangerous parasite, and does not attain perfection without completing some work of destruction among its neighbors in the forest. Among the Trees at Elmridge
These trees were the mulberry-tree, the bread fruit, and the wild fig. The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island
A small fly establishes itself in the interior of the wild fig, escaping in great numbers when the fruit is ripe. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science October, 1877. Vol XX - No. 118
With the wild figs, however, Heaton, who was a capital horticulturist, fancied he could do something. The Crater
We ascended into the defile by a path among the rocks, overshadowed by olive and wild fig trees, to the celebrated fountains of Vaucluse. Views a-foot
The seed was carried there by some bird that had fed upon the fruit of a wild fig, and it rooted itself with surprising facility. Among the Trees at Elmridge
Monsters of the desert, or demons in monstrous shapes: such as the ancients called fauns and satyrs; and as they imagined them to live upon wild figs, they called them fauni ficarii or fig fauns. The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 28: Jeremias The Challoner Revision
This platform was surrounded on all sides by the greenest grass I had ever seen, and overshadowed, not the house alone, but the whole level space, by one vast wild fig—tree. Tom Cringle's Log
In particular did he observe an immense number of a very small sort that were constantly pecking at a wild fig, of which there was a grove of considerable extent. The Crater
The guides spoke of wild figs, but we failed to find them. The Land of Midian — Volume 2
The beak of a hornbill is nothing else than a pair of tongs long enough to reach and strong enough to wrench off a wild fig from its thick stem. Concerning Animals and Other Matters
You might walk many a mile through the sal jungles without meeting fruit of any kind, save the dry and tasteless wild fig, or the sickly mhowa. Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier Twelve Years Sporting Reminiscences of an Indigo Planter
Intersected with Fiumaras which roll torrents during the monsoon, they are covered with a scrub of thorns, wild fig, aloe, and different kinds of Cactus. First Footsteps in East Africa
It was the time when she sucked in the waves; but I, borne upward by a wave, took fast hold of the branches of the wild fig tree that grew upon the rock. The Story of the Odyssey
Now past the tomb where ancient Ilus lay, Through the mid field the routed urge their way: Where the wild figs the adjoining summit crown, The path they take, and speed to reach the town. The Iliad
Nothing can be more charming than the site, a small horseshoe valley, formed by a Wady or Fiumara, upon whose raised left bank stands the settlement, sheltered by palms, plantations, and wild figs. Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2
Now in front of the gateway of the cattle-kraal, shading it, grew a single big tree of the wild fig order. She and Allan
We occasionally received quantities of wild figs from the inland natives in exchange for shell and other ornaments which they did not possess.  The Adventures of Louis De Rougemont
Here the lands of the "bush-men" begin: instead of marching directly to the chief's house, we sat in our wet clothes under a friendly wild fig. Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2
The wild figs show glorious stature, a truly noble growth, whose parents were sun and water. Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2
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