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单词 palmiste
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palmisten.

Brit. /palˈmiːst/, /pɑːˈmiːst/, U.S. /pɑlˈmist/
Forms: 1800s palmist, 1800s– palmiste.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French palmiste.
Etymology: < French palmiste cabbage palm (1603), either < Spanish palmito palmetto n. or < Portuguese palmito palmite n., via Antilles creole.In quot. 1897 at sense b probably describing the dish known in French creole areas as chou palmiste palmiste cabbage.
a. The cabbage palm of the Caribbean, Roystonea oleracea.
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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).
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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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