单词 | palmiste |
释义 | palmisten. a. The cabbage palm of the Caribbean, Roystonea oleracea. ΚΠ 1791 G. Wallis Motherby's New Med. Dict. (ed. 3) at Palma Nobilis Also called regulis Jamaicensis & Barbadensis, palmiste, palmeto royal. 1871 C. Kingsley At Last I. ii. 60 Handsome houses..embowered in mangos, tamarinds, and palmistes. 1965 E. Scobie Dies Dominica 38 It was thatched with palmiste leaves supported by lathes of roseau (thick reeds). 1969 T. H. Everett Living Trees of World 82 The cabbage palm or palmiste (R[oystonea] oleracea) of Trinidad and other West Indian islands may grow to a height of 120 feet. b. Any of several palms of Mauritius and the Seychelles; (also) the edible bud of such a palm (cf. palmetto n. 2). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > leaf vegetables > other leaf vegetables corn-salad1597 palmetto1598 frost-blite1711 corn rocket1731 Welsh onion1731 milk grass1746 square-podded rocket1753 lamb's quarter1773 Shawnee salad1780 palmiste1835 1835 Southern Literary Messenger 1 216/2 Next of the bough And fruit pluck'd from the Palmiste's sinewy stem, A neck and graceful head formed he. 1897 ‘M. Twain’ Following Equator 627 Another dish, called palmiste [in Mauritius], is like raw turnip-shavings and tastes like green almonds... Costs the life of a palm tree..for it is the pith. 1993 M. Gibbons Palms 39 Deckenia nobilis. Palmiste. A beautiful, tall palm from the Seychelles, it is rare in its natural habitat. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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