| 单词 | kaffir bread |
| 释义 | > as lemmaskaffir bread kaffir bread n. any of several southern African cycads of the genus Encephalartos (family Zamiaceae), the stems of which contain an edible starchy pith (also kaffir bread tree, kaffir's bread tree); (also) the pith of any of these plants. ΚΠ 1801 J. Barrow Acct. Trav. Interior S. Afr. 1797–8 I. iii. 189 The zamia cycadis, or Kaffer's bread-tree, growing on the plains. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 450 Encephalartos..the interior of the trunk, and the centre of the ripe female cones, contains a spongy farinaceous pith, made use of by the Caffers as food, and hence the trees are called..Caffer-bread. 1958 L. G. Green S. Afr. Beachcomber 14 Beyond the Buffalo River lies the Wild Coast, with the frangipane and kaffir-bread trees growing down to the beaches. 1998 L. Margulis & K. V. Schwartz Five Kingdoms (ed. 3) v. 403/2 Kaffirs of Mozambique and Bantus of South Africa ate fermented stem pith of Encephalartos, called Kaffir bread. < as lemmas |
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