primavera

primavera
[ˌpriːməˈvɛrə]
noun
  1. [mass noun]the hard, light-coloured timber of a Central American tree
    白桃花心木
  2. The tree is Cybistax donnellsmithii, family Bignoniaceae
    该树是唐斯赛比紫葳木,紫葳科
adjective
  1. [postpositive](of a pasta dish) made with lightly sautéed spring vegetables
    (面食)配有清炒蔬菜的
    house specialities include linguine primavera.
    本店特色菜包括细舌通心面加时鲜蔬菜。
语源
  1. late 19th cent.: from Spanish, denoting the season of spring, from Latin primus 'first, earliest' + ver 'spring' (alluding to the tree's early flowering)
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