piassavan.

Brit.

/ˌpiːəˈsɑːvə/, U.S.

/ˌpiəˈsɑvə/

Forms: 1800s piaçaba, 1800s piazaba, 1800s– piaçava, 1800s– piassaba, 1800s– piassába, 1800s– piassava, 1900s– piassalba.

Origin: A borrowing from Portuguese. Etymon: Portuguese piaçaba.

Etymology: < Brazilian Portuguese piaçaba (also as piassaua (1651), piasaba (1678), piaçava (a1696), piassaba (1711); earlier as priasaua (1630)) < Tupi pïa'sau̯a (Martius Dict. Tupi 1867). Adopted as a scientific Latin specific epithet in Leopoldinia piassaba (A. R. Wallace Palm Trees of Amazon (1853) 17).Many English dictionaries give the stress as piˈassava. The stress in Tupi is on the penultimate syllable.

1. More fully piassava palm. Either of two South American palms, Attalea funifera and Leopoldinia piassaba, from the leaf-bases of which a coarse fibre is obtained. Later also: the African palm Raphia vinifera.

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pimpler1909

1835 Penny Cycl. III. 54/1 Attalea funifera, called by the natives piaçaba... The best cordage in America, for naval purposes, is manufactured from the fibres of the leaf-stalks and other parts.

1853 A. R. Wallace Narr. Trav. Amazon ix. 243 That curious palm the Piassába... I..have called it Leopoldina Piassaba.

1889 G. S. Boulger Uses of Plants vi. 171 Pará Piassaba, of which the ramenta are used for brushes.

1957 M. Banton West Afr. City iii. 43 Kola-nuts are grown in the south,..piassava along the southern coast.

1966 E. J. H. Corner Nat. Hist. Palms iii. 65 The thick brown coating of leaf-base fibres of the piassába or chiquichiqui palm Leopoldinia piassaba..are made into ropes.

1987 D. J. Mabberley Plant-bk. 52 Attalea... A. funifera..(Bahia piassava, piassalba, coquilla, Brazil)—lvs (bases) sources of piassava fibre.

2000 San Jose Mercury News (Calif.) (Nexis) 20 Aug. (Final ed.) 1 a They are helping locals grow plants that don't require clear-cutting the forest: organic cocoa..; and piassava palm, used to make brooms and thatched roofs.

2. More fully piassava fibre. The fibre obtained from any of these palms, used for making brooms, brushes, etc. Later also: fibre from the Asian toddy palm, Caryota urens.

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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > plants, grasses, or reeds > [adjective] > other plant fibre

piassava1841

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > yielding fibre, thatching, or basket material > [noun] > trees or shrubs yielding fibre, etc. > palms yielding fibre or thatching materials

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Raphia1866

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1841 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 10 255 Cordage, or piazaba, of the fibres of the Attalea funifera.

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. Para piassaba, a finer and more valuable kind of Piassaba, obtained from Leopoldinia Piassaba.

1922 W. Schlich Man. Forestry (ed. 4) I. 309 The valuable ‘piassava fibre’ is prepared from the leaves of the bamboo palm.

1969 E. H. Pinto Treen 194 Piassava fibre..has been used in bass brooms for many centuries.

1987 D. J. Mabberley Plant-bk. 104 Caryota... C. urens.., a source of..timber & kittool (kitul) fibre (Ceylon piassava) derived from leaf-bases.

2001 Africa News (Nexis) 9 Aug. Up to 70 different crops have been cultivated but the main export crops are coffee, cocoa, palm kernels and piassava (a fibre crop).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	piassava
释义	piassavan. Brit. /ˌpiːəˈsɑːvə/, U.S. /ˌpiəˈsɑvə/ Forms: 1800s piaçaba, 1800s piazaba, 1800s– piaçava, 1800s– piassaba, 1800s– piassába, 1800s– piassava, 1900s– piassalba. Origin: A borrowing from Portuguese. Etymon: Portuguese piaçaba. Etymology: < Brazilian Portuguese piaçaba (also as piassaua (1651), piasaba (1678), piaçava (a1696), piassaba (1711); earlier as priasaua (1630)) < Tupi pïa'sau̯a (Martius Dict. Tupi 1867). Adopted as a scientific Latin specific epithet in Leopoldinia piassaba (A. R. Wallace Palm Trees of Amazon (1853) 17).Many English dictionaries give the stress as piˈassava. The stress in Tupi is on the penultimate syllable. 1. More fully piassava palm. Either of two South American palms, Attalea funifera and Leopoldinia piassaba, from the leaf-bases of which a coarse fibre is obtained. Later also: the African palm Raphia vinifera. 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 1835 Penny Cycl. III. 54/1 Attalea funifera, called by the natives piaçaba... The best cordage in America, for naval purposes, is manufactured from the fibres of the leaf-stalks and other parts. 1853 A. R. Wallace Narr. Trav. Amazon ix. 243 That curious palm the Piassába... I..have called it Leopoldina Piassaba. 1889 G. S. Boulger Uses of Plants vi. 171 Pará Piassaba, of which the ramenta are used for brushes. 1957 M. Banton West Afr. City iii. 43 Kola-nuts are grown in the south,..piassava along the southern coast. 1966 E. J. H. Corner Nat. Hist. Palms iii. 65 The thick brown coating of leaf-base fibres of the piassába or chiquichiqui palm Leopoldinia piassaba..are made into ropes. 1987 D. J. Mabberley Plant-bk. 52 Attalea... A. funifera..(Bahia piassava, piassalba, coquilla, Brazil)—lvs (bases) sources of piassava fibre. 2000 San Jose Mercury News (Calif.) (Nexis) 20 Aug. (Final ed.) 1 a They are helping locals grow plants that don't require clear-cutting the forest: organic cocoa..; and piassava palm, used to make brooms and thatched roofs. 2. More fully piassava fibre. The fibre obtained from any of these palms, used for making brooms, brushes, etc. Later also: fibre from the Asian toddy palm, Caryota urens. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > palm trees > [adjective] palmy1569 palmful1615 palmiferous1656 palmeous1657 rotan1697 palmaceous1731 troolie1825 piassava1841 timite1858 murumuru1927 sacsac1947 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > plants, grasses, or reeds > [adjective] > other plant fibre piassava1841 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > yielding fibre, thatching, or basket material > [noun] > trees or shrubs yielding fibre, etc. > palms yielding fibre or thatching materials satchel-palm1658 rattan1681 palmetto thatch1756 thatch-tree1756 rotan1771 cabbage palm tree1773 cabbage tree1796 tucum1810 gomuti1811 hat palm1812 gebang1817 tucuma1824 nikau1827 piassava1841 cabbage palm1847 bussu1850 jupati1856 timite1858 Raphia1866 thatch1866 thatch-palm1866 toquilla1877 raffia palm1897 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > plants, grasses, or reeds > [noun] > vegetable fibre > other plant fibre palmite1555 coir1582 pita1648 kitul1681 silk-cotton1697 pita-thread1748 abaca1751 khus khus1798 gomuti1811 coco fibre1813 Manila hemp1814 pineapple fibre1834 moog1840 piassava1841 Para grass1850 raffia1850 African hair1851 ambari1851 diss1855 munj1855 monkey grass1858 crin vegetal1859 mung1866 lauhala1880 bass?1881 raphia bast1882 istle1883 raphia grass1885 settler's twine1898 tucum1901 Manila fibre1921 bassine1923 sotol1942 1841 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 10 255 Cordage, or piazaba, of the fibres of the Attalea funifera. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. Para piassaba, a finer and more valuable kind of Piassaba, obtained from Leopoldinia Piassaba. 1922 W. Schlich Man. Forestry (ed. 4) I. 309 The valuable ‘piassava fibre’ is prepared from the leaves of the bamboo palm. 1969 E. H. Pinto Treen 194 Piassava fibre..has been used in bass brooms for many centuries. 1987 D. J. Mabberley Plant-bk. 104 Caryota... C. urens.., a source of..timber & kittool (kitul) fibre (Ceylon piassava) derived from leaf-bases. 2001 Africa News (Nexis) 9 Aug. Up to 70 different crops have been cultivated but the main export crops are coffee, cocoa, palm kernels and piassava (a fibre crop). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1835
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