单词 | mizquitl |
释义 | † mizquitln. Obsolete. = mesquite n. 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > [noun] > prosopis or mesquite cod tree1704 algarroba1717 mizquitl1753 mesquite1759 Prosopis1776 screw-bean1851 screw mesquite1853 tornillo1866 kiawe1915 tamarugo1972 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Mizquitl, a name used by some authors for that species of the Acacia, or Egyptian thorn, whose unripe fruit affords the inspissated juice, which is the true succus acaciæ of the shops, and whose gum..is the true gum arabic. 1797 Encycl. Brit. XI. 672/2 The mizquitl, or mezquite, is a species of true acacia. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1753 |
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