mass noun
1- the hard, light-coloured timber of a Central American tree白桃花心木。
1.1
- The tree is Cybistax donnellsmithii, family Bignoniaceae.该树是唐斯赛比紫葳木, 紫葳科。
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.
本店特色菜包括意大利扁面条加时鲜蔬菜。
词源
late 19th cent.: from Spanish， denoting the season of spring， from Latin primus 'first， earliest'+ver 'spring' （alluding to the tree's early flowering）.