| 单词 | mahua tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmahua tree 1. Any of several Indo-Malayan trees of the genus Madhuca (family Sapotaceae), whose seeds yield an oily, butter-like substance; esp. M. longifolia var. latifolia, a large oak-like tree of central and northern India with sweet, fleshy, edible flowers that are distilled to make a spirit and seeds that are used in the manufacture of soap. Also mahua tree. Cf. iluppai n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [noun] > Asian mahua1610 jambee1704 hinoki1727 sugi1727 meranti1783 merbau1783 sal1789 sundri1799 calamander1804 sissoo1810 toon1810 looking-glass tree1822 East India mahogany1829 pyinkado1832 dhamnoo1834 haldu1836 jelutong1836 zelkova1836 cryptomeria1838 kempas1839 shisham1849 jarul1850 Japan cedar1852 mast tree1862 keyaki1863 petwood1866 alstonia1867 Malacca cane1874 Japanese cedar1880 mowra1883 seraya1893 o-matsu1916 dhaman1923 sepetir1927 kapur1935 mengkulang1940 ramin1953 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plant, nut, or bean yielding oil > [noun] > trees or shrubs yielding oil > other oil-producing trees or shrubs mahua1610 kanari1779 oiticica1857 kurung1866 jojoba1900 1610 W. Finch in W. Foster Early Trav. India (1921) 136 To Badur..a filthy towne and full of theeves; here is made much wine of a sweete fruit called mewa. a1667 P. Mundy Trav. (1914) II. viii. 97 A litle without the Towne (I mean Khera) wee past by some howses, where they made Rack of Mowa, a kinde of fruite in this Countrie. 1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant iii. 73 Manguiers, Mahova, Quieson, Caboul, and other sorts of Trees. 1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant iii. 94 They are Trees which they call Mahoua. 1785 C. Hamilton in Asiatic Researches (London ed.) (1799) 1 300 There is a very curious and useful tree called by the Natives of Bahar..the Máhwah or Máwee..the Sanscrit name is Madhúca or Madhudruma. 1785 C. Hamilton in Asiatic Researches (London ed.) (1799) 1 300 A description of the Mahwah tree. 1795 J. Blunt Jrnl. 30 Jan. in Asiatick Researches (1801) 7 iii. 58 We encamped at a tank and grove of Mowa trees. 1795 J. Blunt Jrnl. 3 Feb. in Narr. Route from Chunargur to Rajamundry (1800) 131/2 The forest, thro' which we passed, consisted of saul trees, setsaul, bamboos, the mawa tree, and occasionally, though not often, we met with the burr or peepul. 1813 J. Forbes Oriental Mem. II. xxvi. 451 The mowah (bassia butyracea)..attains the size of an English oak. 1846 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom 591 A kind of thick oil, like butter, is obtained from the fruit of Bassia butyracea, the Mahva or Madhuca-tree. 1854 P. L. Simmonds Comm. Products Veg. Kingdom 538 Mahower (Bassia latifolia) is common in most parts of the Bengal Presidency. The oil a good deal resembles that last described. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 762/2 Muhooa or Muohwa, an Indian name for Bassia latifolia. 1879 E. Arnold Light of Asia vi. 140 Beneath broad-leaved mahúa-trees. 1889 G. S. Boulger Uses of Plants iii. 139 The Mahwa, besides its saccharine flowers, yields 33 per cent. of a butter from its seeds, used in India as food, and now imported for soap and candle making. 1922 W. Schlich Man. Forestry (ed. 4) I. ii. 134 Mention should be made of the flowers of..the ‘mohwa’ tree, the corolla of which is eaten fresh or dried, or distilled into intoxicating liquor. 1951 Dict. Gardening (Royal Hort. Soc.) III. 1229/2 M[adhuca] latifolia. Mahwah or Moa... The fl[owers] are edible and the wood valuable. 1964 R. Perry World of Tiger x. 142 The oak-like mohua tree..carries a tremendous weight of flowers—a hundredweight or more on a single tree. 1985 K. Spink tr. D. Lapierre City of Joy i. i. 7 And on the old mowa trunk, the orchids would proclaim the glory of God. 1998 K. C. Sahni Bk. Indian Trees 117 Mahua, Butter Tree. Madhuca longifolia (Koenig) Macbride var. latifolia Chev... The oil from the seed is used to adulterate ‘ghee’. < as lemmas |
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