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单词 hya-hya
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hya-hyan.

/ˈhʌɪəˈhʌɪə/
Etymology: < a language of Guyana.
The Cow-tree of Guyana (formerly British Guiana) ( Tabernæmontana utilis): see cow-tree n. 2.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > yielding refreshing or nourishing drink > [noun]
milk-tree1698
water tree1759
traveller's tree1809
cow plant1830
hya-hya1842
traveller's palm1850
1842 Penny Cycl. XXIII. 494/1 The milk-tree, or Hya-hya of Demerara.
1885 A. Christison et al. Life Sir R. Christison I. 390 I examined in 1830 the juice obtained by incision into the trunk of the Hya-hya tree.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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