mechameckn.

Brit.

/ˈmɛtʃəmɛk/, U.S.

/ˈmɛtʃəˌmɛk/

Forms: 1800s– mechameck, 1900s mecha-meck. Also with capital initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Unami Delaware. Etymons: Unami Delaware mechameck, mechamek.

Etymology: < Unami Delaware mechameck (also mechamek), lit. ‘the one that has a large vine’.Little evidence of the pronunciation in English is available; the pronunciation given above corresponds to that of N.E.D. (1906). The Unami Delaware form can also be transcribed as me:xá:me:k.

The wild potato vine, Ipomoea pandurata. Cf. mechoacan n.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > non-British medicinal plants > [noun] > jalap or turpeth plant or root

turpethc1400

mechoacan1577

jalap1698

mechameck1811

1776 D. Zeisberger Ess. Delaware-Indian & Eng. Spelling-bk. 21 Me cha meck, wild Rhubarb, a Root.]

1811–12 W. J. Titford Sketches Hortus Botanicus Americanus 43 Wild potato-vine, C[onvulvulus] Panduratus, is supposed to be the mechameck or wild rhubarb of the Indians: in Delaware the root is called cussander.

1828 C. S. Rafinesque Med. Flora U.S. I. 123 (heading) Convolvulus Panduratus, English name, Mechameck bindweed... The native name of mechameck ought to be given to it as a distinctive appellation.

1846 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom 631 Among these [sc. species of the bindweed family with purgative qualities] the following deserve principal mention: Ipomœa pandurata, or Mechameck, an American plant [etc.].

1931 M. Grieve Mod. Herbal (1967) II. 656 Potato, Wild. Convolvulus panduratus... Synonyms. Mechameck. Wild Jalap.

1974 N. Coon Dict. Useful Plants 119 Mecha-meck... Possible to use as food, but..it has a reputation as a strong purgative, and is not recommended.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mechameck
释义	mechameckn. Brit. /ˈmɛtʃəmɛk/, U.S. /ˈmɛtʃəˌmɛk/ Forms: 1800s– mechameck, 1900s mecha-meck. Also with capital initial. Origin: A borrowing from Unami Delaware. Etymons: Unami Delaware mechameck, mechamek. Etymology: < Unami Delaware mechameck (also mechamek), lit. ‘the one that has a large vine’.Little evidence of the pronunciation in English is available; the pronunciation given above corresponds to that of N.E.D. (1906). The Unami Delaware form can also be transcribed as me:xá:me:k. The wild potato vine, Ipomoea pandurata. Cf. mechoacan n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > non-British medicinal plants > [noun] > jalap or turpeth plant or root turpethc1400 mechoacan1577 jalap1698 mechameck1811 1776 D. Zeisberger Ess. Delaware-Indian & Eng. Spelling-bk. 21 Me cha meck, wild Rhubarb, a Root.] 1811–12 W. J. Titford Sketches Hortus Botanicus Americanus 43 Wild potato-vine, C[onvulvulus] Panduratus, is supposed to be the mechameck or wild rhubarb of the Indians: in Delaware the root is called cussander. 1828 C. S. Rafinesque Med. Flora U.S. I. 123 (heading) Convolvulus Panduratus, English name, Mechameck bindweed... The native name of mechameck ought to be given to it as a distinctive appellation. 1846 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom 631 Among these [sc. species of the bindweed family with purgative qualities] the following deserve principal mention: Ipomœa pandurata, or Mechameck, an American plant [etc.]. 1931 M. Grieve Mod. Herbal (1967) II. 656 Potato, Wild. Convolvulus panduratus... Synonyms. Mechameck. Wild Jalap. 1974 N. Coon Dict. Useful Plants 119 Mecha-meck... Possible to use as food, but..it has a reputation as a strong purgative, and is not recommended. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1811
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