decumana

“Kubád” = shaddock (citrus decumana): the huge orange which Captain Shaddock brought from the West Indies; it is the

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

Oranges thrive better than below, producing abundance of delicious fruit; but the shaddock or pumplemous (Citrus decumana) requires the full force of a tropical sun, for it will not thrive even at

The Malay Archipelago 2004

[553] The singular _in porta_ is here used because the author is speaking especially of that gate which faced the enemy (the _porta praetoria_ opposite the _porta decumana_).

C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino 86 BC-34? BC Sallust

[17] The shaddock (_Citrus decumana_) is called _chakoira_; possibly confused with the next.

Observations on the Mussulmauns of India Descriptive of Their Manners, Customs, Habits and Religious Opinions Made During a Twelve Years' Residence in Their Immediate Society Mrs. Meer Hasan Ali 1885

A pair once built in a pumplenose-tree (_Citrus decumana_) in my garden, laying five long eggs.

The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 Allan Octavian Hume 1870

Here I bought some pumelos (Citrus decumana), kanary-nuts, and coffee, and let my men have a night's sleep.

The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 2 Alfred Russel Wallace 1868

Oranges thrive better than below, producing abundance of delicious fruit; but the shaddock or pumplemous (Citrus decumana) requires the full force of

The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 1 Alfred Russel Wallace 1868

"Kubád" = shaddock (citrus decumana): the huge orange which Captain Shaddock brought from the West Indies; it is the Anglo-Indian pompelmoose, vulg. pummelo.

Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

An aged shepherd whom they had used as a guide, or who had approached them from curiosity, listened with mouth agape to the dissertations on foss and vellum, ports dextra, sinistra, and decumana, which Sir

The Antiquary 1845

One high authority [626] believes that these four reputed species are all {335} varieties of the wild _Citrus medica_, but that the shaddock (_Citrus decumana_), which is not known in a wild state, is a distinct species; though its distinctness is doubted by another writer "of great authority on such matters," namely, Dr. Buchanan Hamilton.

The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I. Charles Darwin 1845