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Ceylon|sɪˈlɒn|
The name of an island in the Indian Ocean, used attrib. in Ceylon moss (see moss n.1 4); Ceylon pumpkin, a large pumpkin found originally in Ceylon; Ceylon rose, the common oleander or rose-bay, Nerium oleander, a poisonous flowering shrub of the Mediterranean region; Ceylon tea, a Pekoe tea produced in Ceylon; also ellipt., as Ceylon.
1861Bentley Man. Bot. 721 Gracilaria lichenoides or Plocaria candida, is our commercial Ceylon Moss. 1875Encycl. Brit. V. 508/2 Gracilaria lichenoides, under the name of Ceylon moss, is used for soups and jellies. 1913C. Pettman Africanderisms 118 Ceylon pumpkin, a large, oval-shaped pumpkin with orange-coloured flesh.
1842Sketches East. Dist. Cape of Gd. Hope 67 Lemon trees, interspersed with the acacia and Ceylon rose. 1868J. Chapman Trav. S. Africa II. 15, I find that the Ceylon rose..is..the other poison with which the Damaras tip their arrows in war. 1886in Ceylon Mercantile & Planting Directory (1891) 50 The reply to your question as to whether Ceylon tea can be laid down in London at 6d per pound, depends a good deal on rates of freight. 1907Moore Brothers' Delicious Teas 16 Pure Ceylon{ddd}2/- per lb. 1962J. Braine Life at Top xxiii. 253 London water and the cheapest brand of Ceylon didn't make a very enlivening brew. 1966P. V. Price France 33 China tea, with lemon, may be had as well as Ceylon or Indian tea. |