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‖ putchuk, putchock|ˈpʌtʃək|
Also 7 pochok, 8–9 putchick, 9 patchuk.
[Dukhnī or Southern Hindustānī pachak; origin doubtful: widely prevalent as a trade name.]
The root of the plant Aplotaxis auriculata (Aucklandia Costus of Falconer), a native of Kashmīr, exported to China and other Eastern countries, and used as a medicine and for making the Chinese joss-sticks.
(native) green putchuk, a name for the root of the Chinese Aristolochia recurvilabra, used in medicine.
[1588T. Hickock tr. C. Frederick's Voy. 5 Aboundaunce of Opioum, Assa Fetida, Puchio, with many other sorts of drugs.] 1617R. Cocks Diary (Hakl. Soc.) I. 294, 5 hampers pochok. 1704in C. Lockyer Trade Ind. (1711) 77 Putchuck or Costus dulcis. 1727A. Hamilton New Acc. E. Ind. I. xi. 126 Nothing of it is usefull but the Root, called Putchock, or Radix dulcis. 1802Capt. Elmore Brit. Mariners Direct. 129 Putchick, shark fins, olibanum. 1845Stocqueler Handbk. Brit. India (1854) 34 Bombay..supplies..grain, oils, putchock, seeds, tobacco, and soap, from the northern coast. 1858Simmonds Dict. Trade Prod., Putchuk. |