| 释义 |
‖ teesoo E. Ind.|ˈtiːsuː|
Also tesu, tesoo, teeso, tisso.
[Hindī, etc. tēsū.]
The brilliant orange-red flowers of the dhak or palas of India (Butea frondosa and B. superba), or the yellow dye obtained from these. Also attrib., as teesoo-flower.
1823Playfair tr. Tale of Shereef 333 Tesoo. 1835Royle Bot. of Himalayas 195 Teesoo, Keesoo. 1848Irvine Mat. Medica Patna 475 Tesu. 1855J. F. Royle Fibrous Plants India 297 Useful from its large flowers, called teesoo and keesoo, yielding a beautiful dye. 1858Simmonds Dict. Trade, Teeso-flowers, Keeso-flowers, the large flowers of Butea frondosa. 1862Balfour Timber Trees 61 Tesu. 1871― in Cycl. India s.v. Butea frondosa, Tesu, Kisu [names of the flowers in Deccan]. |