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longann. Origin: A borrowing from Chinese. Etymons: Chinese lùhng ngáahn, lóngyǎn, lung-yen. Etymology: < Chinese (Cantonese) lùhng ngáahn and (especially in β. forms) its Mandarin equivalent lóngyǎn (Wade-Giles transcription lung-yen), lit. ‘dragon's eye’, denoting both the fruit and the tree, so called on account of the appearance of the fruit ( < lóng dragon + yǎn eye), originally transmitted via various European languages. With α. forms compare post-classical Latin longana (1616 or earlier; also formerly in scientific Latin as specific epithet (1759)), scientific Latin longan specific epithet (J. de Loureiro 1790), Portuguese longana , longan (1688 or earlier as longans ). The Italian source (1643) of quot. 1655 is apparently based ultimately on a Portuguese text. With β. forms compare French †lungyen (1665 or earlier), †long yen (1735 or earlier; now longane , denoting the fruit, and longanier , denoting the tree), Dutch †lungyen (1670 in the passage translated in quot. 1671, also as lumyen in the same source; now longan). the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > other fruits > [noun] the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > tropical exotic fruit > of Asia the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tropical or exotic fruit-tree or -plant > of Asian or South Pacific > other Asian fruit-plants 1655 tr. A. Semedo i. i. 5 There is likewise a fruit called Longans [It. Longans], named by the Chineses, Lumien, that is, Dragons eye, they are in figure and greatnesse not much unlike a small nut. 1671 J. Ogilby tr. O. Dapper et al. 681 Another Fruit nam'd Lungyen [Du. Lungyen], that is Dragons-Eye, grows in China; it is not much unlike the former [sc. the Lichi]. 1764 D. Fenning et al. I. 27/2 The longyen, or dragon's-eye, is exactly round, and grows on a tree as large as those that produce walnuts. 1846 J. Lindley 383 Thus the Longan, the Litchi, and the Rambutan, fruits among the more delicious of the Indian archipelago, are the produce of different species of Nephelium. 1866 D. Matheson xix. 502 No house could be had for divine service, and they had to gather under the shade of a magnificent lung-yen tree. 1911 (U.S. Dept. Agric.) No. 204. 47 There are several varieties of longans, differing in size of fruit, productivity, and size of kernel. 2007 28 Oct. (New Review) 75/1 A dizzying salad of spiced quail spiked with tamarind, longan, kaffir lime leaf and crisp fried shallots. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  n.1655 |
