单词 | arachis |
释义 | arachisn. Botany. A genus of leguminous plants, one of which is cultivated in warm countries, and known as the ground nut. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > leguminous plants > [noun] > arachis bird's orchis1597 arachis1853 1853 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 80/2 Arachis. 1876 Encycl. Brit. IV. 151/2 In some Leguminosæ, as Arachis, Cathartocarpus Fistula, and the Tamarind, the fruit must be considered a legume, although it does not dehisce. 1916 Chambers's Jrnl. May 313/1 The arachis nut (popularly known as the ‘monkey nut’). Compounds arachis oil n. peanut oil. ΚΠ 1889 Cent. Dict. (at cited word) Arachis-oil, the oil expressed from the seeds of Arachis hypogæa, the fine limpid nut-oil of commerce. 1900 S. P. Sadtler Handbk. Industr. Org. Chem. (ed. 3) 50 Arachis oil (peanut oil, erdnuss oil)…The best qualities..are used for table oil and the inferior grades for soap-making. Derivatives arachidic adj. as in arachidic acid (C20 H40 O2) obtained from the oil of the ground nut. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > organic chemistry > acids obtained from plants or trees > [noun] > from nuts anacardian1657 cardol1848 anacardic acid1863 arachidic acid1866 1866 W. Odling Lect. Animal Chem. 31 Monatomic Fatty Acid Series..C20H40O2 Arachidic. 1875 A. Gamgee tr. L. Hermann Elements Human Physiol. 13 The series of the fatty acids at present known includes..arachidic acid. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1853 |
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