leaf cupn.

Brit.

/ˈliːf kʌp/, U.S.

/ˈlif ˌkəp/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: leaf n.¹, cup n.

Etymology: < leaf n.¹ + cup n.

1. Originally: (perhaps) a cup shaped like a leaf. In later use: a leaf folded and used as a cup, esp. in Asia.

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the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > drinking vessel > [noun] > other specific shapes

gripe's egg1391

gripe-shell15..

Priapus1613

man with the beard1631

delphin1638

belly-cup1673

spout cup1702

leaf cup1716

image mug1788

rhyton1820

toby1841

Sussex pig1846

bell-cupa1849

biberon1853

moustache cup1863

trembleuse cup1869

steeple-cup1909

thistle cup1947

the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > drinking vessel > [noun] > vessels made of other materials

leaf cup1716

ostrich-egg cup1906

1716 London Gaz. No. 5409/3 A Leaf Cup without a Cover.

1800 Brit. Critic 7 Before him was a small painted bench, to place his leaf-cup on.

1853 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 3 29 Having offered the golden cup with the same feelings with which she would have offered it, had it been only a leaf-cup, she returned home.

1901 R. Kipling Kim x. 263 He bought sweetmeats in a leaf-cup from a Hindu trader.

1960 F. G. Bailey Tribe, Caste, & Nation ii. vii. 160 (caption) A Kond woman making leaf cups.

2005 S. C. Roy in U. Sharma Marriage in Indian Society I. xxvi. 302 A man of each gotra or clan takes a leaf-cup in his hands, [and] a little of the liquor is poured into each leaf-cup.

2. Any of several plants of the American genus Polymnia (family Asteraceae), having each flower head in a cup of leaf-like scales; esp. (more fully white-flowered leaf cup) P. canadensis of eastern North America, a large perennial with lobed leaves (also called bear's-foot).

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1817 A. Eaton Man. Bot. 96 Polymnia..canadensis, (leaf-cup) leaves denticulate, lower ones pinnatifid.

1890 G. M. Gould New Med. Dict. Bear's-foot, leaf cup. A popular remedy for enlargement of the spleen, or the ‘ague-cake’ of malarious regions.

1973 A. R. Hutchens Indian Herbalogy N. Amer. (1991) 31 Bear's Foot. Polymnia uvedalia, L. Common Names: Leafcup, Balsam resin, Yellow leafcup, Uvedalia.

2012 Jrnl. Orthoptera Res. 21 228/1 The understory is typically a dense stand of aromatic sumac (Rhus aromatica), Carolina buckthorn.., and/or white flowered leaf cup.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	leaf cup
释义	leaf cupn. Brit. /ˈliːf kʌp/, U.S. /ˈlif ˌkəp/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: leaf n.¹, cup n. Etymology: < leaf n.¹ + cup n. 1. Originally: (perhaps) a cup shaped like a leaf. In later use: a leaf folded and used as a cup, esp. in Asia. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > drinking vessel > [noun] > other specific shapes gripe's egg1391 gripe-shell15.. Priapus1613 man with the beard1631 delphin1638 belly-cup1673 spout cup1702 leaf cup1716 image mug1788 rhyton1820 toby1841 Sussex pig1846 bell-cupa1849 biberon1853 moustache cup1863 trembleuse cup1869 steeple-cup1909 thistle cup1947 the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > drinking vessel > [noun] > vessels made of other materials leaf cup1716 ostrich-egg cup1906 1716 London Gaz. No. 5409/3 A Leaf Cup without a Cover. 1800 Brit. Critic 7 Before him was a small painted bench, to place his leaf-cup on. 1853 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 3 29 Having offered the golden cup with the same feelings with which she would have offered it, had it been only a leaf-cup, she returned home. 1901 R. Kipling Kim x. 263 He bought sweetmeats in a leaf-cup from a Hindu trader. 1960 F. G. Bailey Tribe, Caste, & Nation ii. vii. 160 (caption) A Kond woman making leaf cups. 2005 S. C. Roy in U. Sharma Marriage in Indian Society I. xxvi. 302 A man of each gotra or clan takes a leaf-cup in his hands, [and] a little of the liquor is poured into each leaf-cup. 2. Any of several plants of the American genus Polymnia (family Asteraceae), having each flower head in a cup of leaf-like scales; esp. (more fully white-flowered leaf cup) P. canadensis of eastern North America, a large perennial with lobed leaves (also called bear's-foot). ΚΠ 1817 A. Eaton Man. Bot. 96 Polymnia..canadensis, (leaf-cup) leaves denticulate, lower ones pinnatifid. 1890 G. M. Gould New Med. Dict. Bear's-foot, leaf cup. A popular remedy for enlargement of the spleen, or the ‘ague-cake’ of malarious regions. 1973 A. R. Hutchens Indian Herbalogy N. Amer. (1991) 31 Bear's Foot. Polymnia uvedalia, L. Common Names: Leafcup, Balsam resin, Yellow leafcup, Uvedalia. 2012 Jrnl. Orthoptera Res. 21 228/1 The understory is typically a dense stand of aromatic sumac (Rhus aromatica), Carolina buckthorn.., and/or white flowered leaf cup. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1716
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