miraculous fruit
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of miraculous fruit
First recorded in 1885–90
Example Sentences
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By lunchtime, the whole place was a seething mass of men, women, and children all pushing and shoving to get a glimpse of this miraculous fruit.
From "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl
He taught the use of the miraculous fruit, and the demand for it soon became so great as to render the cultivation of the tree necessary.
From The Lands of the Saracen Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain by Taylor, Bayard
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