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单词 negro's head
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Negro's head
Negro's head n. Obsolete (a) a tropical American palm, Phytelephas macrocarpa, the fruit of which is a source of vegetable ivory; (b) Nautical slang a brown loaf (rare).Sense (b) is apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants, nuts, seeds, or fruits used as beads or vessels > [noun] > vegetable ivory palm or seed
Negro's head1670
corozo1758
tagua1830
vegetable ivory1842
ivory palm1844
ivory-plant1866
the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > palm trees > [noun] > ivory palm
Negro's head1670
corozo1758
tagua1830
ivory palm1844
ivory-plant1866
the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > bread > loaf > [noun] > brown loaf
Negro's head1670
Brown George1688
George1755
1670 J. Evelyn Sylva (ed. 2) 3 Descended immediately from the Genius of the Soyls.., and (as the Negros-Heads in the Barbados) even without Seeds.
1788 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 2) Negroes Heads, brown loaves delivered to the ships in ordinary.
1846 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom 138 The natives of Columbia call it Tagua, or Cabeza de Negro (Negro's head), in allusion, we presume, to the figure of the nut.
1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants 92/2 Negro's head, Phytelephas macrocarpa.
extracted from Negron.adj.
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