单词 | pigeon pea |
释义 | pigeon pean. 1. Chiefly Caribbean. A shrub, Cajanus cajan (family Fabaceae ( Leguminosae)), which is a cultigen of African origin and is widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions (cf. Cajan n.). Also (in plural or as a mass noun): the seeds of this plant, much eaten as a pulse (in South Asia called dhal). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > pulses or plants producing pulses > [noun] > pea > other types of pea or pea-plant rouncival1570 garden pea1573 field pease1597 vale-grey1615 rose pea1629 hotspur1663 seven-year pea1672 rathe-ripe1677 huff-codc1680 pigeon pea1683 hog-pease1686 shrub pea1691 field pea1707 pea1707 crown pea1726 maple rouncival1731 marrowfat1731 moratto1731 pig pea1731 sickle-pea1731 hog pea1732 maple pea1732 marrow pea1733 black eye?1740 egg-pea1744 magotty bay bean1789 Prussian1804 maple grey1805 partridge pea1812 Prussian blue1822 scimitar1834 marrow1855 fill-basket1881 string-pea1891 mattar1908 vining pea1959 the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > pulse > [noun] > pea > other peas garden pea1573 rathe-ripe1677 pigeon pea1683 sugar pea1707 marrowfat1731 moratto1731 maple pea1732 egg-pea1744 petits pois1820 pea1866 fill-basket1881 string-pea1891 vining pea1959 1683 J. Poyntz Present Prospect Tobago 6 The Pidgeon-Pea grows here also, and is a pleasant Food. 1725 H. Sloane Voy. Islands II. 31 Pigeon-pease..their chief use is to feed pigeons, whence the name. 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 322 Pigeon Pea, Cytisus. 1831 C. Farquharson Jrnl. 18 Feb. in Relic of Slavery (1957) 7 Employed all hands gathering pigeon pease. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 189 In the West Indies they [sc. the two varieties of Cajanus indicus] are called Pigeon peas. 1907 W. G. Freeman & S. E. Chandler World's Commerc. Products 260 Pigeon Pea or Dhol of commerce..is an erect sub-shrubby plant..widely cultivated in the tropics and sub-tropics of both hemispheres. 1969 S. G. Harrison et al. Oxf. Bk. Food Plants 34/1 In the West Indies..pigeon peas provide a useful part of the protein supply in the diet of the poorer people. 1995 Daily News (Virgin Islands) 3 Feb. (Weekend section) 22/2 A sumptuous luncheon which featured dishes like pickup salt fish, a vegetarian kallaloo, fungi, pigeon peas and rice and stew mutton. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > leguminous plants > [noun] > vetch vetchc1300 orobusa1398 tarec1400 ervil1551 ers1578 fowl-foot1578 oreb1587 urle1659 tare-grass1686 orobe1714 thetch1733 twine-grass1743 wood-vetch1766 tare-vetch1811 scorpion-wort1852–6 pigeon pea1884 1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants 103/2 Pea, Pigeon, Ervum Ervilia. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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