| 单词 | munj grass |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmunj grass A grass, Saccharum munja, found in South Asia, whose leaves yield fibre used for making ropes and matting. More fully munj fibre, munj grass. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > yielding fibre, thatching, or basket material > [noun] > other plants yielding fibre, etc. withe1657 silk grass1753 restio1796 kurrajong1823 lechuguilla1834 kie-kie1847 munj1855 pua1858 sesban1860 settler's twine1898 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > plants, grasses, or reeds > [noun] > vegetable fibre > other plant fibre palmite1555 coir1582 pita1648 kitul1681 silk-cotton1697 pita-thread1748 abaca1751 khus khus1798 gomuti1811 coco fibre1813 Manila hemp1814 pineapple fibre1834 moog1840 piassava1841 Para grass1850 raffia1850 African hair1851 ambari1851 diss1855 munj1855 monkey grass1858 crin vegetal1859 mung1866 lauhala1880 bass?1881 raphia bast1882 istle1883 raphia grass1885 settler's twine1898 tucum1901 Manila fibre1921 bassine1923 sotol1942 1820 W. Roxburgh et al. Flora Indica I. 250 S[accharum] Munja R.... Hind. Munja... A native of the countries about Benares where the natives make ropes of it.] 1855 J. F. Royle Fibrous Plants India 32 The Moonja of the natives (Saccharum Munja) is collected after the rainy season and kept for use, as it is employed in tying up their cattle... The boatmen of the Indus universally employ the Moonj (probably the above Saccharum Munja) as a towing rope. 1864 Chambers's Encycl. VI. 559/1 Moonjah, Munjah, or Moonyah (Saccharum Munja), a grass of the same genus as the sugar-cane. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 754/1 Moonyah, an Indian name for the fibre of Arundo Karka. 1879 E. Arnold Light of Asia v. 130 Its head bound back With munja grass. 1891 W. H. Gee Monogr. Fibrous Manufactures Punjab 1 The munj and its varieties are undoubtedly the commonest and most useful of all our fibrous products. 1892 Daily News 3 Aug. 1/2 (advt.) India Mung Mats. Maple and Co. have just received an important consignment of these favourite and remarkably durable mats. 1908 Sir G. Watt Dict. Commercial Products India 929 Munj fibre is obtained from the leaf-sheaths. 1952 H. G. Rawlinson India 23 At about eight, the boy was duly invested with the sacred cord of consecrated munja grass. 1984 UNESCO Courier (Nexis) Dec. 16 Their horns are trimmed, and a sacred cord of munj grass fibre dipped in yellow-red turmeric is hung between them. 1993 Econ. Rev. June 53 The business of storing and selling timber, firewood,..hemp, munj and their products. < as lemmas |
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