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Definition of Kei apple
1. Noun. Vigorous South African spiny shrub grown for its round yellow juicy edible fruits.
Terms within: Kai Apple
Group relationships: Dovyalis, Genus Dovyalis
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kei Apple
Literary usage of Kei apple
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Kaffir-English Dictionary by Albert Kropf (1899)
"(a) Fruit of the Kei-apple. (b) Tributary of the Umtata river. ... the Kei-apple
tree growing along the Kei river ..."
2. South African Journal of Science by South African Association for the Advancement of Science (1907)
"A large, oval grass plot was surrounded by a border of the Kei-apple plant, half
of which was to all appearances dead, the stems being white and leafless, ..."
3. Plant Names, Scientific and Popular, Including in the Case of Each Plant the by Albert Brown Lyons (1900)
"Named for David Douglas, botanical explorer. Herbs. About 5 species, one in
Europe; 4 in northwestern US 701. DOVYALIS, E. Meyer. kei apple. ..."
4. Life Understood from a Scientific and Religious Point of View: And the by Frederick Lawrence Rawson (1920)
"In front of the hotel was an oval plot in which were several beds of flowers,
and the whole were surrounded by a well-trimmed border of Kei-apple. ..."
5. S. W. Silver & Co.'s Handbook to South Africa: Including the Cape Colony by S.W. Silver & Co (1880)
"The Natal orange is cultivated in several of the gardens about Uitenhage for the
fruit, the pulp of which is considered delicious. The kei apple is the ..."
6. Tree-planting, 1899: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Best Trees to Plant in by David Ernest Hutchins (1899)
"kei apple. A native of the Kei Yalley and warm country beyond, but hardy under
... The Kei-apple has been aptly termed the " Black-thorn of the Cape. ..."
7. A Manual of Dangerous Insects Likely to be Introduced in the United States by United States Bureau of Entomology (1918)
"... Florida and quite hardy in southern California. A spring plant grown for hedges.
The fruit is used as pickles or conserves. A kei apple INSECT. DIPTERA. ..."
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