| 单词 | dragon cane |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdragon cane 2. Hence, with various defining words, bamboo cane, dragon cane, rattan cane, reed cane, sugar cane; see bamboo n., etc. Malacca cane n. a species ( Calamus Scipionum) much thicker than the rattan, used for walking-sticks. Tobago cane n. a slender West Indian palm, used for the same purpose. Also in the names of plants which are not canes: as dumb cane n. an araceous plant, Dieffenbachia seguina. Indian cane n. Canna indica (family Marantaceæ). sweet cane n. the Sweet Flag, Acorus Calamus. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > palm > stems of rattan?1734 rotan1771 Tobago cane1866 the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > palm trees > [noun] > rattan palm rattan1681 jambee1704 rotan1771 calamus1836 Malacca cane1874 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [noun] > Asian mahua1610 jambee1704 hinoki1727 sugi1727 meranti1783 merbau1783 sal1789 sundri1799 calamander1804 sissoo1810 toon1810 looking-glass tree1822 East India mahogany1829 pyinkado1832 dhamnoo1834 haldu1836 jelutong1836 zelkova1836 cryptomeria1838 kempas1839 shisham1849 jarul1850 Japan cedar1852 mast tree1862 keyaki1863 petwood1866 alstonia1867 Malacca cane1874 Japanese cedar1880 mowra1883 seraya1893 o-matsu1916 dhaman1923 sepetir1927 kapur1935 mengkulang1940 ramin1953 1611 Bible (King James) Isa. xliii. 24 Thou hast bought mee no sweete cane with money. View more context for this quotation 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Acore, Calamus aromaticus, the sweet Cane. 1842 Penny Cycl. XXIII. 227/2 The canes which grow immediately from the planted slips are called plant-canes..the canes which sprout up from the old roots, or stoles, being called rattoons. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 116/1 Its [Bactris minor] stems..are said to be sometimes imported into this country under the name of Tobago canes. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 406 Dieffenbachia, It has acquired the name of Dumb Cane in the West Indies, in consequence of its fleshy cane-like stems rendering speechless any person who may happen to bite them, the juice of the plant being so excessively acrid as to..prevent articulation for several days. 1874 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. I. 443/2 Malacca canes have frequently to be colored in parts. dragon cane 16. (Also dragon cane): see quot. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > that which supports > something to lean on > staff to lean on > cane wand1548 cane1590 rattan1657 Japan1678 whangee1776 rattan stick1812 Malacca cane1844 crutch-cane1846 dragon cane1851 Malacca1871 1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. III. 798 From Singapore..Ratans, dragons, and Penang lawyers are stems of various species of Calamus. 1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. III. 800 Dragon canes mounted. < as lemmas |
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