释义 |
‖ tagua|ˈtægwə| [Native name in Columbia.] The ivory-palm, Phytelephas macrocarpa, which produces the ivory-nut or corozo-nut; also in Comb., as tagua-nut, tagua-palm, tagua-plant.
1830Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 285 Buttons are turned from the hard albumen of Phytelephas, or the Tagua plant. 1883Jago in Knowledge July 52/1 Cellulose..occurs in an approximately pure state in the ‘tagua-nut’. 1901Keane S. Amer. I. 132 The tagua, whose melon-shaped pods contain the hard grains known as Vegetable Ivory. |