单词 | jiti |
释义 | jitin. 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. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > non-British shrubs > [noun] > Asian Japan allspice1789 ramie1817 kaffir lime1824 luculia1826 rice-paper plant1832 pith plant1834 chimonanthus1836 jiti1836 rhea1837 leycesteria1838 wintersweet1846 crape-myrtle1850 skimmia1853 China-grass1858 taccada1866 saxaul1874 white kerria1900 sarcococca1914 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 101 ‘Asclepias 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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