monkey breadn.

Brit.

/ˈmʌŋkɪ brɛd/, U.S.

/ˈməŋki ˌbrɛd/

Forms:

α. 1700s monkey's bread, 1700s monkies-bread.

β. 1700s– monkey bread.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: monkey n., bread n.

Etymology: In α. forms < the genitive of monkey n. + bread n. In β. forms < monkey n. + bread n. Compare Krio mɔnki bred, French pain de singe (1764), Dutch apenbrood, apenbroodboom (both 1775 or earlier).

The African baobab tree, Adansonia digitata (also monkey bread tree); the fruit of this tree.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > yielding fibre, thatching, or basket material > [noun] > trees or shrubs yielding fibre, etc. > baobab tree > fruit

sour gourd1640

monkey bread1770

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > yielding fibre, thatching, or basket material > [noun] > trees or shrubs yielding fibre, etc. > baobab tree

baobab1640

Adansonia1763

monkey bread1849

bottle tree1880

1770 R. Weston Universal Botanist I. 2 Æthiopian Sour-gourd, or Monkey's Bread.

1797 G. Staunton Abridged Acct. Embassy to China iv. 131 A tree known to botanists by the name of adansonia, and in English called monkey bread tree.

1849 J. H. Balfour Man. Bot. §784 The Baobab tree of Senegal, or monkey-bread.

1882 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 153/2 Kuka [sc. a town near Lake Chad]..received its name from a kuka or monkey bread tree (Adansonia digitata), which attracted the attention of the settlers as a rare thing in the district.

1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 149 Dr. Pélessier then insists on banging down monkey bread-fruit with a stick, to show me their inside.

1922 Jrnl. Negro Hist. 7 285 Isaaco retired to another monkey-bread tree, ringed his little company about with muskets..and assegais.

1986 Independent 27 Nov. 8/7 The menu for the President's lunch today: turkey..string beans..monkey bread, mashed potatoes.

1994 Jrnl. Ethnobot. 14 173 Monkey bread and monkey tamarind are two of the common names that appear in published accounts of Africa's well-known baobab tree.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	monkey bread
释义	monkey breadn. Brit. /ˈmʌŋkɪ brɛd/, U.S. /ˈməŋki ˌbrɛd/ Forms: α. 1700s monkey's bread, 1700s monkies-bread. β. 1700s– monkey bread. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: monkey n., bread n. Etymology: In α. forms < the genitive of monkey n. + bread n. In β. forms < monkey n. + bread n. Compare Krio mɔnki bred, French pain de singe (1764), Dutch apenbrood, apenbroodboom (both 1775 or earlier). The African baobab tree, Adansonia digitata (also monkey bread tree); the fruit of this tree. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > yielding fibre, thatching, or basket material > [noun] > trees or shrubs yielding fibre, etc. > baobab tree > fruit sour gourd1640 monkey bread1770 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > yielding fibre, thatching, or basket material > [noun] > trees or shrubs yielding fibre, etc. > baobab tree baobab1640 Adansonia1763 monkey bread1849 bottle tree1880 1770 R. Weston Universal Botanist I. 2 Æthiopian Sour-gourd, or Monkey's Bread. 1797 G. Staunton Abridged Acct. Embassy to China iv. 131 A tree known to botanists by the name of adansonia, and in English called monkey bread tree. 1849 J. H. Balfour Man. Bot. §784 The Baobab tree of Senegal, or monkey-bread. 1882 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 153/2 Kuka [sc. a town near Lake Chad]..received its name from a kuka or monkey bread tree (Adansonia digitata), which attracted the attention of the settlers as a rare thing in the district. 1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 149 Dr. Pélessier then insists on banging down monkey bread-fruit with a stick, to show me their inside. 1922 Jrnl. Negro Hist. 7 285 Isaaco retired to another monkey-bread tree, ringed his little company about with muskets..and assegais. 1986 Independent 27 Nov. 8/7 The menu for the President's lunch today: turkey..string beans..monkey bread, mashed potatoes. 1994 Jrnl. Ethnobot. 14 173 Monkey bread and monkey tamarind are two of the common names that appear in published accounts of Africa's well-known baobab tree. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1770
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