nentan.

Brit.

/ˈnɛntə/, U.S.

/ˈnɛn(t)ə/, South African English

/ˈnentə/

Forms: 1700s– nenta, 1800s– ninta, 1800s– t'nenta, 1900s– c'nenta.

Origin: A borrowing from Khoekhoe. Etymon: Khoekhoe nenta.

Etymology: < Khoekhoe nenta, plant name.

South African.

1. (a) Any of several poisonous plants of the family Crassulaceae, esp. species of the genus Tylecodon (formerly Cotyledon). (b) The poisonous plant Lessertia annularis of the family Fabaceae ( Leguminosae). rare.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Crassulaceae (stonecrop and allies) > [noun]

nenta1793

love entangled1836

1793 C. R. Hopson tr. C. P. Thunberg Trav. II. 97 The Hottentots called by the name of Nenta, a plant (Zygophyllum herbaceum repens), which was said to be poisonous to sheep, as also another, a shrub of the same genus, (Zygophyllum sessilifolium).

1896 R. Wallace Farming Industries Cape Colony 95 The t'nenta, Lessertia annularis, Burch., is an insignificant, purplish-flowered species, at times seen in quantity in the gebroken veld, where, if consumed, it poisons goats and sheep.

1897 Agric. Jrnl. (Dept. Agric. Cape Good Hope) 16 Sept. 308 The Russian moujik contracts neuritis through continued eating of the leguminous Lathyrus..and the Cape goat gets it..from an undetermined leguminous Nenta.

1912 G. D. Lander Vet. Toxicol. 233 In South Africa the disease known as ‘Krempziekte’, or cramp sickness, is ascribed..in the Eastern Cape to species of Cotyledon, belonging to the Crassulaceae, and known as C'Nenta.

1993 Afr. Wildlife 47 No.1. 27 They [sc. Karoo leopard tortoises] swallowed large chunks of the succulent stems of ninta (Tylecodon wallichii), a plant protected against most other herbivores by its poisonous leaves and spiny stem.

2. Veterinary Medicine. A disorder of goats and sheep characterized by torticollis, convulsions, colic, collapse, and often death, caused by the ingestion of any of a variety of poisonous plants, esp. of the genus Tylecodon (see sense 1).

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1897 Agric. Jrnl. (Dept. Agric. Cape Good Hope) 16 Sept. 302 These [reports of poisonings] have been correlated with the well-known disorder in sheep and goats, known at the Cape as Nenta.

1905 D. Hutcheon in W. Flint & J. D. F. Gilchrist Sci. in S. Afr. 358 Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis or ‘Nenta’ in Goats.

1934 D. G. Steyn Toxicol. Plants 345 ‘Cotyledonosis’, which is also referred to by farmers as ‘nenta’, ‘krimpsiekte’, or ‘krampsiekte’.

1979 T. Gutsche There Was a Man 20 Some goats now suffering from a disease called Nenta.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nenta
释义	nentan. Brit. /ˈnɛntə/, U.S. /ˈnɛn(t)ə/, South African English /ˈnentə/ Forms: 1700s– nenta, 1800s– ninta, 1800s– t'nenta, 1900s– c'nenta. Origin: A borrowing from Khoekhoe. Etymon: Khoekhoe nenta. Etymology: < Khoekhoe nenta, plant name. South African. 1. (a) Any of several poisonous plants of the family Crassulaceae, esp. species of the genus Tylecodon (formerly Cotyledon). (b) The poisonous plant Lessertia annularis of the family Fabaceae ( Leguminosae). rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Crassulaceae (stonecrop and allies) > [noun] nenta1793 love entangled1836 1793 C. R. Hopson tr. C. P. Thunberg Trav. II. 97 The Hottentots called by the name of Nenta, a plant (Zygophyllum herbaceum repens), which was said to be poisonous to sheep, as also another, a shrub of the same genus, (Zygophyllum sessilifolium). 1896 R. Wallace Farming Industries Cape Colony 95 The t'nenta, Lessertia annularis, Burch., is an insignificant, purplish-flowered species, at times seen in quantity in the gebroken veld, where, if consumed, it poisons goats and sheep. 1897 Agric. Jrnl. (Dept. Agric. Cape Good Hope) 16 Sept. 308 The Russian moujik contracts neuritis through continued eating of the leguminous Lathyrus..and the Cape goat gets it..from an undetermined leguminous Nenta. 1912 G. D. Lander Vet. Toxicol. 233 In South Africa the disease known as ‘Krempziekte’, or cramp sickness, is ascribed..in the Eastern Cape to species of Cotyledon, belonging to the Crassulaceae, and known as C'Nenta. 1993 Afr. Wildlife 47 No.1. 27 They [sc. Karoo leopard tortoises] swallowed large chunks of the succulent stems of ninta (Tylecodon wallichii), a plant protected against most other herbivores by its poisonous leaves and spiny stem. 2. Veterinary Medicine. A disorder of goats and sheep characterized by torticollis, convulsions, colic, collapse, and often death, caused by the ingestion of any of a variety of poisonous plants, esp. of the genus Tylecodon (see sense 1). ΚΠ 1897 Agric. Jrnl. (Dept. Agric. Cape Good Hope) 16 Sept. 302 These [reports of poisonings] have been correlated with the well-known disorder in sheep and goats, known at the Cape as Nenta. 1905 D. Hutcheon in W. Flint & J. D. F. Gilchrist Sci. in S. Afr. 358 Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis or ‘Nenta’ in Goats. 1934 D. G. Steyn Toxicol. Plants 345 ‘Cotyledonosis’, which is also referred to by farmers as ‘nenta’, ‘krimpsiekte’, or ‘krampsiekte’. 1979 T. Gutsche There Was a Man 20 Some goats now suffering from a disease called Nenta. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1793
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