nonin.

Brit.

/ˈnəʊni/, U.S.

/ˈnoʊni/

Forms: 1700s–1800s none, 1800s– noni.

Origin: A borrowing from Hawaiian. Etymon: Hawaiian noni.

Etymology: < Hawaiian noni. Compare Tahitian noni, nono, Samoan nonu, Cook Island Maori none.

The Indian mulberry, Morinda citrifolia (family Rubiaceae), a tropical shrub found widely in South and South-East Asia and the Pacific Islands, parts of which are used as dyes; the fruit of this tree, often used medicinally, esp. to stimulate the immune system and as a detoxifying agent. Frequently attributive, esp. in noni fruit, noni juice, noni tree. Cf. Morinda n.

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1782 W. Ellis Authentic Narr. Voy. Capt. Cook & Capt. Clerke II. xxviii. 172 The red is extracted from the bark, of the root of the no-ne.

1784 J. Douglas Cook's Voy. Pacific II. iii. xii. 227 There is..the morinda citrifolia, which is called none.

1825 J. Macrae Jrnl. 13 May in With Lord Byron at Sandwich Islands (1922) 26 They also cultivate a plant which they name None, for the sake of its fruit, which yields their favorite yellow dye for the tapa cloths.

1875 I. L. Bird Hawaiian Archipel. 81 There were groves of bananas and plantains with shiny leaves 8 feet long, like enormous hart's-tongue, the bright-leaved noni, [etc.].

1888 W. Hillebrand Flora Hawaiian Islands 178 The ‘Noni’, probably of aboriginal introduction, is only found in open low lands... It used to be cultivated as a dye-plant by most Polynesians, the root, according to Seeman, yielding a yellow and the bark a red color. The fruit is insipid, and very fetid when decaying. ‘Noni’ is also the Tahitian name.

1938 P. H. Buck Vikings of Sunrise in Amer. Anthropologist (1939) 41 494 Another plant used occasionally for food was the noni (Morinda citrifolia), and it may have been aided by man in its diffusion.

1948 W. Howells Heathens vi. 95 The Marquesans..used the ripe noni fruit a good deal, as a household remedy.

1993 Toronto Star (Nexis) 26 Sept. j13 That bumpy yellow fruit, called a noni, cures liver, pancreas and kidney ailments.

2000 Daily Tel. 1 Nov. 20/1 The noni tree..has a long history of use by Polynesian healers for treating a wide range of health problems.

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

单词	noni
释义	nonin. Brit. /ˈnəʊni/, U.S. /ˈnoʊni/ Forms: 1700s–1800s none, 1800s– noni. Origin: A borrowing from Hawaiian. Etymon: Hawaiian noni. Etymology: < Hawaiian noni. Compare Tahitian noni, nono, Samoan nonu, Cook Island Maori none. The Indian mulberry, Morinda citrifolia (family Rubiaceae), a tropical shrub found widely in South and South-East Asia and the Pacific Islands, parts of which are used as dyes; the fruit of this tree, often used medicinally, esp. to stimulate the immune system and as a detoxifying agent. Frequently attributive, esp. in noni fruit, noni juice, noni tree. Cf. Morinda n. ΚΠ 1782 W. Ellis Authentic Narr. Voy. Capt. Cook & Capt. Clerke II. xxviii. 172 The red is extracted from the bark, of the root of the no-ne. 1784 J. Douglas Cook's Voy. Pacific II. iii. xii. 227 There is..the morinda citrifolia, which is called none. 1825 J. Macrae Jrnl. 13 May in With Lord Byron at Sandwich Islands (1922) 26 They also cultivate a plant which they name None, for the sake of its fruit, which yields their favorite yellow dye for the tapa cloths. 1875 I. L. Bird Hawaiian Archipel. 81 There were groves of bananas and plantains with shiny leaves 8 feet long, like enormous hart's-tongue, the bright-leaved noni, [etc.]. 1888 W. Hillebrand Flora Hawaiian Islands 178 The ‘Noni’, probably of aboriginal introduction, is only found in open low lands... It used to be cultivated as a dye-plant by most Polynesians, the root, according to Seeman, yielding a yellow and the bark a red color. The fruit is insipid, and very fetid when decaying. ‘Noni’ is also the Tahitian name. 1938 P. H. Buck Vikings of Sunrise in Amer. Anthropologist (1939) 41 494 Another plant used occasionally for food was the noni (Morinda citrifolia), and it may have been aided by man in its diffusion. 1948 W. Howells Heathens vi. 95 The Marquesans..used the ripe noni fruit a good deal, as a household remedy. 1993 Toronto Star (Nexis) 26 Sept. j13 That bumpy yellow fruit, called a noni, cures liver, pancreas and kidney ailments. 2000 Daily Tel. 1 Nov. 20/1 The noni tree..has a long history of use by Polynesian healers for treating a wide range of health problems. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1782
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