| 单词 | nipa tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnipa tree 2. A palm, Nypa fruticans, of swampy coastal regions in tropical Asia and Australia, having a creeping rhizome and large feathery leaves, and bearing large round bunches of fruit (more fully nipa palm, †nipa tree). Also: the foliage of this tree, used as a material for thatching, basket-making, etc.Valid publication of the genus name (as Nypa): A. Steck De Sagu (1757) 15. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > palm trees > [noun] > other palms prickly palm1666 thorny palm1666 palm1681 sagwire1681 wine-palm1681 prickle-palm1684 prickly pole1696 brab1698 palmyra1698 thatch-tree1756 double coconut1775 nibong1779 nipa1779 rhapis1789 cocorite1796 groo-groo1796 borassus1798 cohune1805 traveller's tree1809 tucum1810 gomuti1811 taliera1814 lontar1820 salak1820 ground-rattan1823 geonoma1824 tucuma1824 nikau1827 wax-palm1830 murumuru1834 piassava1835 traveller's palm1850 bangalow1851 inajá palm1853 jacitara1853 peach palm1853 pupunha palm1853 jipijapa1858 urucuri1860 climbing palm1863 sea-apple1864 Alexandra palm1865 coquito1866 thatch1866 thatch-palm1866 açai1868 walking-stick palm1869 kentia1870 toquilla1877 Guadalupe palm1895 tortoiseshell palm1902 pimpler1909 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > yielding intoxicating drink > [noun] > palm-wine plants toddy tree1630 sagwire1681 wine-palm1681 pardon-tree1705 tomboa1712 eta palm1769 nipa1779 toddy palm1810 itaa1832 jaggery palm1859 ki1860 bamboo palm1866 1588 T. Hickock tr. C. Federici Voy. & Trauaile f. 23v An excellent Wine, which is had in the flowre of a tree called Nyper [It. niper]. 1779 T. Forrest Voy. New Guinea i. 16 She was covered almost entirely with the leaves of a certain Palm tree, called Nipa, such as the natives cover houses with on the south-west coast of Sumatra, and in almost all Malay countries. 1783 W. Marsden Hist. Sumatra 46 Those [people] of the lowest class have their fillet of the leaf of the neepah tree. 1817 T. S. Raffles Hist. Java I. iv. 166 In the maritime districts átap, or thatch, is made almost exclusively from the leaves of the nípa or búyu. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 790/2 The foliage, called Nipah, is used as thatch, and when burnt yields a supply of salt. 1882 H. de Windt On Equator 20 Its river banks lined with mangroves and nipa palms. 1943 T. Kitching Diary 3 May in Life & Death in Changi (1999) xi. 225 I am on a curious fatigue today—plaiting leaves of the nipah palm to make thatching for the salt factory. 1954 R. E. Holttum Plant Life Malaya ii. 23 One of the most peculiar of all palms is Nipah, which grows on muddy river banks near the sea. 1992 Nat. Hist. Feb. 76/3 The vinegars themselves differ subtly as to source, coming from coconut, nipa palm, and sugar cane. 2002 Business World (Philippines) (Nexis) 15 July 30 The grant...is expected to benefit about 170 students who used to study in a nipa classroom and under a tree. < as lemmas |
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