| 单词 | açai palm |
| 释义 | > as lemmasaçai palm Any of various palms of the South American genus Euterpe, often used as a source of palm hearts (in full açai palm). Also: the small blackish-purple fruit of any of these trees (esp. E. oleracea), an edible berry used chiefly for its juice (more fully açai berry) . ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > palm trees > [noun] > other palms prickly palm1666 thorny palm1666 palm1681 sagwire1681 wine-palm1681 prickle-palm1684 prickly pole1696 brab1698 palmyra1698 thatch-tree1756 double coconut1775 nibong1779 nipa1779 rhapis1789 cocorite1796 groo-groo1796 borassus1798 cohune1805 traveller's tree1809 tucum1810 gomuti1811 taliera1814 lontar1820 salak1820 ground-rattan1823 geonoma1824 tucuma1824 nikau1827 wax-palm1830 murumuru1834 piassava1835 traveller's palm1850 bangalow1851 inajá palm1853 jacitara1853 peach palm1853 pupunha palm1853 jipijapa1858 urucuri1860 climbing palm1863 sea-apple1864 Alexandra palm1865 coquito1866 thatch1866 thatch-palm1866 açai1868 walking-stick palm1869 kentia1870 toquilla1877 Guadalupe palm1895 tortoiseshell palm1902 pimpler1909 1868 L. Agassiz & E. C. Agassiz Journey to Brazil iv. 140 I..passed a pleasant morning with the ladies..who made me acquainted with the peculiar beverage so famous in these regions, prepared from the berries of the Assai palm. 1917 Geogr. Rev. 4 48 The feathery assahy palms (Euterpe oleracea) near the brooklet in the background, help to make a charming picture of many an Indian home. 1928 Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 29 Dec. (Mag.) 4/1 There is a local saying that he who first tastes the juice of the Assai palm will be lured back to Amazonia again and again. 1946 R. H. Lowie tr. C. Nimuendajú Eastern Timbira ii. 56 The brooms are made of the inflorescence of the assahy (Euterpe sp.) or the bacaba palm (Oenocarpus sp.). 1999 J. McNeil in S. Champion Fortune Hotel 116 He wears a purple piece of material, the exact colour of the açai berries that came from the jungle. 2010 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 24 Feb. d7/4 Many farmers can now hire workers to harvest açaí—which mostly still involves scaling trees with bare feet. < as lemmas |
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