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Triphasia Trifoliata

A Chinese shrub, with fruit about the size of hazelnuts, red-skinned, and of an agreeable sweet taste; when green, they have a strong flavor of turpentine, and the pulp is very sticky. They are also p...

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A Chinese shrub, with fruit about the size

of hazelnuts, red-skinned, and of an agreeable sweet taste; when

green, they have a strong flavor of turpentine, and the pulp is

very sticky. They are also preserved whole in sirup, and are

sometimes called limeberries.



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