arguta

[ ahr-gyoo-tuh ]

noun

1. the green, smooth-skinned, edible fruit of an Asian vine, Actinidia arguta.

Word History and Origins

Origin of arguta¹

< New Latin, the species name, feminine of Latin argūtus pungent, sharp, producing a clear, constant sound, past participle of arguere; argue

Example Sentences

Vanderhoff also suggests a coastal native species, Dryopteris arguta, or Wood fern.

From Los Angeles Times

On the right wall is the life of the Evangelist, John the Divine, or rather its closing scenes; the mystical vision at Patmos, the seer dormendo con la faccia arguta, like the solitary elder who brought up the rear of the triumphal pageant in Dante's Earthly Paradise; the raising of Drusiana from the dead; the assumption of St. John.

From Project Gutenberg

The most popular is S. confusa or media, but also very charming are S. arguta, one of the most beautiful of all Spir�as, S. Van Houttei, S. Thunbergi, and S. prunifolia fl. pl., which all bear white flowers, those of the last mentioned being double.

From Project Gutenberg

The plant in question is Scrophularia arguta, and it appears that towards the end of the summer the lowest branches springing from the stem bend downwards, and penetrate the soil; the branches immediately above the lowest ones also bend downwards, but do not always enter the earth.

From Project Gutenberg

Nobody who did not share the scholar's enthusiasm could have described the blind scholar in his library in the adorable fifth chapter of Romola; and we feel that she must have copied out with keen gusto of her own those words of Petrarch which she puts into old Bardo's mouth—'Libri medullitus delectant, colloquuntur, consulunt, et viva quadam nobis atque arguta familiaritate junguntur.'

From Project Gutenberg