单词 | hog-nut |
释义 | hog-nutn. Now rare. 1. English regional. = earthnut n. 1. Cf. pignut n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > root vegetables > earth-nut or plant earthnutOE earth chestnut1578 cipper-nut1653 hog-nut1771 swine-bread1888 1771 R. Warner Plantæ Woodfordienses 20 Hawk-nut, or rather Hog-nut. 1777 E. Jacob Plantæ Favershamienses 16 Bunium Bulbocastanum... Earth-nut, or Hog-nut. 1863 R. C. A. Prior On Pop. Names Brit. Plants 105 Hawk-nut, probably corrupted from Hog-nut, Bunium flexuosum. 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Bullers... I have heard it applied to the small feathery umbels of the hog-nut.—Bunium flexuosum. 2. North American. The pignut hickory, Carya glabra (more fully hognut hickory); (also) the nut produced by this tree. Cf. pignut n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > North American trees or shrubs > [noun] > hickory pohickory1644 pignut1666 hickory1670 hickory tree1682 shagbark1751 shell-bark1769 scaly-bark1775 swamp hickory1806 hognut hickory1810 kiskitomasa1817 water hickory1818 nutmeg hickory1832 king-nut1880 the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > North American trees or shrubs > [noun] > hickory > nut pignut1666 shagbark1860 shell-bark1885 hog-nut1916 1810 F. A. Michaux Histoire des Arbres Forestiers de l'Amérique Septentrionale I. 21 Pig nut hickery..Hog nut hickery, plus usité dans quelques cantons de la Pensylvanie. 1836 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Plants (rev. ed.) 794 The Americans make very good and durable brooms by slitting into narrow slips the very tough wood of Juglans glabra, which is called pig or hog-nut, also broom hickory. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 228/2 The Pig or Hog-nut, or Broom Hickory, C. porcina, is a noble tree seventy or eighty feet high. 1916 E. H. S. Bailey Source, Chem. & Use Food Products xiii. 336 Inferior varieties [of hickory] known as ‘pig’ nut and ‘hog’ nut are not often used as human food. 3. A tropical American tree, Omphalea triandra, of the family Euphorbiaceae; (also) the edible seeds of this tree. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > South American and West Indian trees or shrubs > [noun] > others persea1601 mahoe1666 poison berry1672 white mangrove1683 maiden plum1696 angelin1704 garlic-pear1725 milkwood-tree1725 Jack-in-the-box1735 cherimoya1736 rattle bush1750 galapee1756 genip1756 lace bark1756 sunfruit1787 wild orange1802 hog-nut1814 mountain pride1814 savannah wattle1814 mora1825 rubber tree1826 mayflower1837 bastard manchineel1838 long john1838 seringa1847 sack tree1849 jumbie tree1860 jumbie bean1862 king-tree1863 gauze-tree1864 mountain green1864 snowdrop tree1864 strong bark1864 switch-sorrel1864 candle-tree1866 maypole1866 angelique1873 poisonwood1884 porkwood1884 1814 J. Lunan Hortus Jamaicensis I. 204 The French call this noisettier, and in Jamaica it is known in some parishes by the name of pig or hog nut. 1863 L. Lane Clarke Objects for Microscope (ed. 2) ii. 35 The cob nut, or hog nut, is the seed of a plant (Omphalea), belonging to the natural order of Euphorbiaceæ, native of Jamaica. 1899 L. N. Badenoch True Tales Insects ix. 197 The plant of chief interest to us being that technically titled Omphalea triandra. This, the Cob or Hog-nut of Jamaica, the Avellano of the Island of Cuba, belongs to the family Euphorbiaceæ. 1919 Bull. Misc. Information (Royal Bot. Gardens, Kew) 2 71 The seeds of ‘Jamaica Cob Nut’ or ‘Hog Nut’ (Omphalea triandra, Linn.) a small tree of the West Indies are eaten raw or roasted. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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