单词 | imphee |
释义 | impheen. A species of sugar cane, Andropogon saccharatus Roxb. (Holcus Linn., Sorghum Persian), also called African or Chinese Sugar Cane, Broom Corn, Sorgho, and Planter's Friend. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > plants yielding sugar or syrup > [noun] > sugar-cane reeda1398 canamell?a1425 sugar cane1568 sugar1593 sugar-reed1718 plant cane1721 sorgho1760 cane1781 ribbon cane1803 riband cane1811 imphee1857 sweet sorghum1859 sweet sorgho1861 sugar-grass1862 plant1866 broom corn1886 1857 Country Gentleman 11 June 379/2 A plant bearing the name of Imphee, or Imphey, or Imphye..which it is alleged is identical with the Chinese Sugar Cane, has been introduced by Mr. Leonard Wray, from Southern Africa. 1861 Trans. Illinois State Agric. Soc. 1859–60 4 108 When corn and Sorghum have been cut down by frosts, one variety of Imphee beside it has not been injured. 1864 J. T. Baines Explor. S.-W. Afr. xiv. 438 I..spent the intervening time with a circle of old fellows, who gave me imphi (holcus saccharatus) stalks to chew. 1880 Silver's Handbk. Austral. 273 The imphee, or Planter's Friend, is well adapted to the Queensland climate. 1893 G. Watt Dict. Econ. Products India VI. iii. 277 This..is said to be extensively grown in Africa and America, the plant of the former country being the Imphee, and of the latter the Sorgho, which is mainly cultivated on account of sugar. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < |
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