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单词 jiti
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jitin.

Brit. /dʒᵻˈtiː/, U.S. /dʒᵻˈti/
Forms: 1800s chettee, 1800s jeete, 1800s jeetee, 1800s– chiti, 1800s– jetee, 1800s– jettee, 1800s– jiti.
Origin: Probably a borrowing from a local language spoken in the Rajmahal Hills of Jharkhand, India.
Etymology: Probably < a local language spoken in the Rajmahal Hills of Jharkhand, India.
Now rare.
A climbing shrub, Marsdenia tenacissima (family Asclepiadaceae), native to hilly regions of north-eastern India and other parts of South and South-East Asia. Also: a strong fibre obtained from the bark of this shrub.
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1836 Madras Jrnl. Lit. & Sci. 4 428 Lines made of..Asclepias tenacissima, Jetee of the Rajmahl mountaineers.
1869 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 7 May 452/2 The Jettee..is jointed, but the joints are sometimes two feet apart, and the fibre proportionably long.
1872 Chambers's Encycl. I. 467/2 The bark of Marsdenia tenacissima, a small climbing-plant, yields a fibre called Jetee.
1906 J. R. Drummond & D. Prain Notes on Agave & Furcraea in India 101Asclepias tenacissima’ (now referred to Marsdenia), called in the Rajmehal hills of Bengal ‘Jetee’ or ‘Jiti’.
2003 S. Nautiyal & A. K. Kaul Non-timber Forest Products of India‎ xiv 340 Marsdenia tenacissima (Jiti, Chiti, Marua bel): A large twining shrub found in Himalayas.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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