 It is attached to the small branches of the tree by a short thick stalk, and hangs either singly or in clusters of two or three together. It contains a somewhat fibrous pulp, which, when ripe, becomes juicy and yellow, but has then a rotten taste.  Missionary Records: Tahiti and Society Islands - Side 101849 - 334 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | William Ellis - 1829 - 574 sider
...light pea-green colour, subsequently it changes to brown, and when fully ripe assumes a rich yellowish tinge. It is attached to the small branches of the...either singly, or in clusters of two or three together. There is nothing very attractive or pleasing in the blossom ; but a fine stately tree, clothed with... | |
 | Francis Allyn Olmsted - 1841 - 400 sider
...divisions, having each a small elevation in the centre, and is at first of a slight pea green color; subsequently, it changes to brown, and when fully...clusters, of two or three together. The pulp is soft, and in the centre, there is a hard kind of core, extending from the stalk to the crown, around which... | |
 | Theodore Dwight - 1845 - 846 sider
...in diameter ; it is covered with a roughish rind, which is marked with small square or lozengeshappd divisions, having each a small elevation in the centre,...to the small branches of the tree by a short thick s:alk, and hangs either singly or in clusters of t wo or three together. The pulp is soft; in the centre... | |
 | George Hanneman Bennett - 1866 - 366 sider
...at first green ; when imperfectly ripened, browu ; and when fully ripe, assumes a rich yellow hue. It is attached to the small branches of the tree by...either singly or in clusters of two or three together. It contains a somewhat fibrous pulp, which, when ripe, becomes juicy and yellow, but has then a rotten... | |
 | 1868 - 872 sider
...first green ; when imperfectly ripened, brown ,• and when fully ripe, assumes a rich yellow hue. It is attached to the small branches of the tree by...either singly or in clusters of two or three together. It contains a somewhat fibrous pulp, which, when ripe, becomes juicy and yellow, but nas then a rotten... | |
 | 1868 - 858 sider
...at first green ; when imperfectly ripened, brown ; and when fully ripe, assumes a rich yellow hue. It is attached to the small branches of the tree by a short tlu'ck stalk, and hangs either singly or in clusters of two or three together. It contains a somewhat... | |
 | Ephraim Chambers - 1870 - 848 sider
...at first green ; when imperfectly ripened, brown ; and when fully ripe, assumes a rich yellow hue. It is attached to the small branches of the tree by a short thick stalk, and hangs cither singly or in clusters of two or three together. It contains a somewhat fibrous pulp, which,... | |
 | 1879 - 876 sider
...when fully ripe, assumes a rich yellow hue. It is attached to tlie small branches of the true by n short thick stalk, and hangs either singly or in clusters of two or three together. It contains a somewhat fibrous pulp, which, when ripe, becomes juicy and yellow, but lias then a rotten... | |
 | 1880 - 888 sider
...is at first green; when imperfectly ripened, brown ; and when fully ripe, assumes a rich yellow hue. It is attached to the small branches of the tree by...either singly or in clusters of two or three together. It contains a somewhat fibrous pulp, which, when ripe, becomes juicy and yellow, but has then a rotten... | |
 | Americus Featherman - 1888 - 470 sider
...or oval, and on an average six inches in diameter ; it is covered with a roughish rind which, when ripe, assumes a rich yellow tinge. It is attached...crown, around which a few imperfect seeds are formed. Ellis' Polynesian Researches, p. 56. * The stem of the cocoa-nut is perfectly cylindrical, 3 or 4 feet... | |
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