mopanen.

Brit.

/məˈpɑːneɪ/,

/məˈpɑːni/, U.S.

/məˈpɑneɪ/,

/məˈpɑni/, South African English

/məˈpɑːne/,

/mɒˈpɑːne/,

/məˈpɑːni/,

/mɒˈpɑːni/

Forms: 1800s mapani, 1800s– mopane, 1800s– mopani, 1900s– mapone (irregular), 1900s– mopanie, 1900s– mophane, 1900s– m'pani, 1900s– mupani.

Origin: A borrowing from Tswana. Etymons: Tswana mopane, mophane.

Etymology: < Tswana mopane (also as mophane), lit. ‘butterfly’ (with reference to the tree's leaves). With the form mupani compare Venda mupani.

South African.

A tree, Colophospermum mopane (family Caesalpiniaceae ( Leguminosae)), native to areas of low rainfall in southern Africa, having rough flaking grey or brown bark, racemes of small, pale green flowers, and leaves formed of a pair of triangular leaflets joined at the base, which fold together during periods of intense heat. Also mopane tree.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > African trees or shrubs > [adjective]

mopane1854

msasa1923

the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > African trees or shrubs > [noun] > other African trees or shrubs

keurboom1731

silver-tree1731

witteboom1799

Hottentot's bean1801

melkhouta1823

monkey apple1824

witgatboom1824

Hottentot's bean tree1833

spek-boom1834

mopane1854

Welwitschia1862

ambatch1863

miombo1864

pith tree1864

porkwood1875

tree purslane1882

buffalo-horn1887

monkey guava1887

bush willow1917

melkboom1917

msasa1923

rooibos1932

miraa1945

ovangkol1972

pigeon wood1972

tambotie1973

1854 R. Moffat Matabele Jrnl. 28 June (1945) I. 202 Our temporary fold being made of the thornless evergreen mopani tree, was no defence for our cattle.

1857 D. Livingstone Missionary Trav. S. Afr. 91 In some parts there are forests of mimosæ and mopane.

1857 D. Livingstone Missionary Trav. S. Afr. 162 Numbers of ‘Baobab’ and ‘Mopané’ trees abound all over this hard smooth surface [of calcareous tufa].

1864 J. T. Baines Explor. S.-W. Afr. 427 We rattled over hard limestone country, thickly clothed with mopánēs.

1881 E. E. Frewer tr. E. Holub Seven Years S. Afr. I. 48 The mapani-tree, with its oleaginous leaves and porous brittle wood.

1910 J. Buchan Prester John iv. 87 The mopani trees with their dull green wearied me.

1932 Discovery July 224/1 The mopané is a resinous tree, making good fuel.

1958 L. van der Post Lost World of Kalahari vi. 110 We came down the side of the dunes on to a level plain covered with Mopani trees.

1973 E. Palmer & N. Pitman Trees Southern Afr. II. 842 The mopane is the dominant tree of large parts of northern South and South West Africa where great stretches of hot, arid country..are covered with it.

1988 T. Dangarembga Nervous Conditions i. 2 From the fields the road grew shadier with shrubs and trees. Acacia, lantana, msasa and mopani, clustered about on either side.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

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1871 J. Mackenzie Ten Years North of Orange River viii. 140 We at length found in a large mopane forest a well-beaten path.

1906 Chambers's Jrnl. Mar. 213/1 Viewed across the hazy expanse of baobab and mopane bush.

1928 E. H. L. Schwarz Kalahari & its Native Races 62 This is good grass, not like that of the mopane veld which withers and blows away.

1947 J. Stevenson-Hamilton Wild Life S. Afr. iv. 36 The Mopani belt in its extension along the Imbabate River.

1973 E. Palmer & N. Pitman Trees Southern Afr. II. 843 Farmers in mopane veld look upon the tree as providing valuable fodder.

1988 S. Afr. Panorama May 14/1 The hunting-grounds vary from red Kalahari dunes..to..mopani bushveld.

C2.

mopane bee n. any of several small African stingless bees of the genus Trigona.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Parasitica > member of superfamily Trigonaloidea

karbi1884

kootchar1884

mopane beec1936

1857 D. Livingstone Missionary Trav. S. Afr. 614 The bees were always found in the natural cavities of mopane-trees.]

c1936 S. & E. Afr. Year Bk. & Guide 303 The M'Pani bee does not sting.

1953 S. H. Skaife Afr. Insect Life xxi. 357 The stingless bees, or Mopani bees, as they are often called, that are found in Africa belong to the genus Trigona.

1970 Standard Encycl. Southern Afr. II. 246/1 The stingless bees, or mopane bees..which are found in tropical and subtropical Africa, belong to the genus Trigona.

mopane beetle n. a kind of cicada (not identified).

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > member of (beetle) > unspecified type

frog-clock1620

steel beetle?1711

bum-clock1786

turnip-flower beetle1882

mopane beetle1972

1972 L. van der Post Story like Wind vi. 161 At about ten in the morning..all the billions of mopani beetles, hidden behind the butterfly leaves of the trees, began to sing their Messiah to the day.

mopane fly n. = mopane bee n.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] > member of > unspecified > of South Africa

mopane fly1972

1972 in Dict. S. Afr. Eng. on Hist. Princ. (1996) at Mopani Honey from the mopane trees—made by mopane flies, which are like miniature bees—they don't sting.

1975 M. Hartmann Game for Vultures i. 2 Mopani flies, little black squelches, were skitting around his eyes and ears.

1979 Daily Dispatch (East London, S. Afr.) 14 Mar. 9 Reality here was clouds of dust, swarms of mopani flies and mosquitoes.

mopane worm n. the large caterpillar of an emperor moth, Gonimbrasia belina (family Saturniidae), which feeds on the leaves of the mopane tree and is sometimes used as food.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > unspecified and miscellaneous types > miscellaneous types

high-flyer?1749

nonpareil1749

porphyry1819

satin carpet1819

satin pygmy1828

scopolian1829

chalk carpet1832

sieve lackey1832

sprawler1832

tissue1832

treble bar1832

treble gold stripe1832

vesper-beauty1832

viburnian1832

yellowhead1832

flame carpet1862

sting-moth1863

lilac moth1868

luna-moth1869

melon-caterpillar1884

wood-nymph1885

unicorn-moth1891

geometer moth1897

the suspected1908

porina1929

tomato pinworm1931

mopane worm1966

1966 D. Varaday Gara-Yaka's Domain xvii. 182 Mopani worms—Masonja—as the Bantu call these brightly coloured insects, are regarded by them as a great delicacy.

1973 E. Palmer & N. Pitman Trees Southern Afr. II. 843 Large, dark, spotted caterpillars, the larvae of the moth Gonimbrasia belina... Mopane worms are much valued by rural Africans and are often their richest source of protein.

1980 S. Afr. Panorama July 32 The dishes included grilled mopani worms in onions and tomato—as an accompanying dish—with stiff maize porridge.

1994 Equinox Aug. 66/1 The caterpillars known as mopane worms, prized throughout southern Africa, can be 65 percent protein.

2005 R. Zadok Gem Squash Tokoloshe ii. 277 Bright orange corn chips that look like artificial mopani worms.

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

单词	mopane
释义	mopanen. Brit. /məˈpɑːneɪ/, /məˈpɑːni/, U.S. /məˈpɑneɪ/, /məˈpɑni/, South African English /məˈpɑːne/, /mɒˈpɑːne/, /məˈpɑːni/, /mɒˈpɑːni/ Forms: 1800s mapani, 1800s– mopane, 1800s– mopani, 1900s– mapone (irregular), 1900s– mopanie, 1900s– mophane, 1900s– m'pani, 1900s– mupani. Origin: A borrowing from Tswana. Etymons: Tswana mopane, mophane. Etymology: < Tswana mopane (also as mophane), lit. ‘butterfly’ (with reference to the tree's leaves). With the form mupani compare Venda mupani. South African. A tree, Colophospermum mopane (family Caesalpiniaceae ( Leguminosae)), native to areas of low rainfall in southern Africa, having rough flaking grey or brown bark, racemes of small, pale green flowers, and leaves formed of a pair of triangular leaflets joined at the base, which fold together during periods of intense heat. Also mopane tree. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > African trees or shrubs > [adjective] mopane1854 msasa1923 the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > African trees or shrubs > [noun] > other African trees or shrubs keurboom1731 silver-tree1731 witteboom1799 Hottentot's bean1801 melkhouta1823 monkey apple1824 witgatboom1824 Hottentot's bean tree1833 spek-boom1834 mopane1854 Welwitschia1862 ambatch1863 miombo1864 pith tree1864 porkwood1875 tree purslane1882 buffalo-horn1887 monkey guava1887 bush willow1917 melkboom1917 msasa1923 rooibos1932 miraa1945 ovangkol1972 pigeon wood1972 tambotie1973 1854 R. Moffat Matabele Jrnl. 28 June (1945) I. 202 Our temporary fold being made of the thornless evergreen mopani tree, was no defence for our cattle. 1857 D. Livingstone Missionary Trav. S. Afr. 91 In some parts there are forests of mimosæ and mopane. 1857 D. Livingstone Missionary Trav. S. Afr. 162 Numbers of ‘Baobab’ and ‘Mopané’ trees abound all over this hard smooth surface [of calcareous tufa]. 1864 J. T. Baines Explor. S.-W. Afr. 427 We rattled over hard limestone country, thickly clothed with mopánēs. 1881 E. E. Frewer tr. E. Holub Seven Years S. Afr. I. 48 The mapani-tree, with its oleaginous leaves and porous brittle wood. 1910 J. Buchan Prester John iv. 87 The mopani trees with their dull green wearied me. 1932 Discovery July 224/1 The mopané is a resinous tree, making good fuel. 1958 L. van der Post Lost World of Kalahari vi. 110 We came down the side of the dunes on to a level plain covered with Mopani trees. 1973 E. Palmer & N. Pitman Trees Southern Afr. II. 842 The mopane is the dominant tree of large parts of northern South and South West Africa where great stretches of hot, arid country..are covered with it. 1988 T. Dangarembga Nervous Conditions i. 2 From the fields the road grew shadier with shrubs and trees. Acacia, lantana, msasa and mopani, clustered about on either side. Compounds C1. General attributive. ΚΠ 1871 J. Mackenzie Ten Years North of Orange River viii. 140 We at length found in a large mopane forest a well-beaten path. 1906 Chambers's Jrnl. Mar. 213/1 Viewed across the hazy expanse of baobab and mopane bush. 1928 E. H. L. Schwarz Kalahari & its Native Races 62 This is good grass, not like that of the mopane veld which withers and blows away. 1947 J. Stevenson-Hamilton Wild Life S. Afr. iv. 36 The Mopani belt in its extension along the Imbabate River. 1973 E. Palmer & N. Pitman Trees Southern Afr. II. 843 Farmers in mopane veld look upon the tree as providing valuable fodder. 1988 S. Afr. Panorama May 14/1 The hunting-grounds vary from red Kalahari dunes..to..mopani bushveld. C2. mopane bee n. any of several small African stingless bees of the genus Trigona. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Parasitica > member of superfamily Trigonaloidea karbi1884 kootchar1884 mopane beec1936 1857 D. Livingstone Missionary Trav. S. Afr. 614 The bees were always found in the natural cavities of mopane-trees.] c1936 S. & E. Afr. Year Bk. & Guide 303 The M'Pani bee does not sting. 1953 S. H. Skaife Afr. Insect Life xxi. 357 The stingless bees, or Mopani bees, as they are often called, that are found in Africa belong to the genus Trigona. 1970 Standard Encycl. Southern Afr. II. 246/1 The stingless bees, or mopane bees..which are found in tropical and subtropical Africa, belong to the genus Trigona. mopane beetle n. a kind of cicada (not identified). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > member of (beetle) > unspecified type frog-clock1620 steel beetle?1711 bum-clock1786 turnip-flower beetle1882 mopane beetle1972 1972 L. van der Post Story like Wind vi. 161 At about ten in the morning..all the billions of mopani beetles, hidden behind the butterfly leaves of the trees, began to sing their Messiah to the day. mopane fly n. = mopane bee n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] > member of > unspecified > of South Africa mopane fly1972 1972 in Dict. S. Afr. Eng. on Hist. Princ. (1996) at Mopani Honey from the mopane trees—made by mopane flies, which are like miniature bees—they don't sting. 1975 M. Hartmann Game for Vultures i. 2 Mopani flies, little black squelches, were skitting around his eyes and ears. 1979 Daily Dispatch (East London, S. Afr.) 14 Mar. 9 Reality here was clouds of dust, swarms of mopani flies and mosquitoes. mopane worm n. the large caterpillar of an emperor moth, Gonimbrasia belina (family Saturniidae), which feeds on the leaves of the mopane tree and is sometimes used as food. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > unspecified and miscellaneous types > miscellaneous types high-flyer?1749 nonpareil1749 porphyry1819 satin carpet1819 satin pygmy1828 scopolian1829 chalk carpet1832 sieve lackey1832 sprawler1832 tissue1832 treble bar1832 treble gold stripe1832 vesper-beauty1832 viburnian1832 yellowhead1832 flame carpet1862 sting-moth1863 lilac moth1868 luna-moth1869 melon-caterpillar1884 wood-nymph1885 unicorn-moth1891 geometer moth1897 the suspected1908 porina1929 tomato pinworm1931 mopane worm1966 1966 D. Varaday Gara-Yaka's Domain xvii. 182 Mopani worms—Masonja—as the Bantu call these brightly coloured insects, are regarded by them as a great delicacy. 1973 E. Palmer & N. Pitman Trees Southern Afr. II. 843 Large, dark, spotted caterpillars, the larvae of the moth Gonimbrasia belina... Mopane worms are much valued by rural Africans and are often their richest source of protein. 1980 S. Afr. Panorama July 32 The dishes included grilled mopani worms in onions and tomato—as an accompanying dish—with stiff maize porridge. 1994 Equinox Aug. 66/1 The caterpillars known as mopane worms, prized throughout southern Africa, can be 65 percent protein. 2005 R. Zadok Gem Squash Tokoloshe ii. 277 Bright orange corn chips that look like artificial mopani worms. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1854
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