pisangn.

Brit.

/pᵻˈsaŋ/, U.S.

/pəˈsɑŋ/

Forms: 1600s piçan, 1600s pissan, 1600s pysangh, 1600s– pisang.

Origin: A borrowing from Malay. Etymon: Malay pisang.

Etymology: < Malay pisang, pissang (1614).In quot. 1662 at sense 1 via French pissan (1659 in the passage translated in quot. 1662). In sense 2 partly via South African Dutch pisang (Afrikaans piesang).

1. A banana; a plantain; (also) a plant of either fruit. Now chiefly in reference to Malay and Indonesian cuisine.

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the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > banana > [noun]

finger?a1425

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pisang1662

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nana1929

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > tropical exotic fruit > banana

finger?a1425

muse1578

fig1582

banana1597

adam's figc1602

pisang1662

pisang fig1700

1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. J. Albert de Mandelslo ii. in Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors The Country abounds..specially in Fruits,..Pissans, Oranges and Lemmons.

1694 Narbrough's Acct. Several Late Voy. 141 6000 Coco-Nuts and 100 Bundles of Pysanghs.

1760 C. Lennox Lady's Museum No. 2. xix. 155 The leaves of the pisang serve them by way of table cloths and napkins.

1795 C. R. Hopson tr. C. P. Thunberg Trav. (ed. 2) II. 283 The Pisang (Musa Paradisiaca or Bananas) would seldom blossom in the few gardens where it was cultivated.

1855 Harper's Mag. July 203/1 The banana and the pisang begin, like the palm-tree, to supersede by degrees the bread-fruit tree.

1875 J. Thomson Straits Malacca 8 Of the pisang or plantain..there are over thirty kinds of which the Pisang-mas, or golden plantain,..is..most deservedly prized.

1910 D. Fairbridge That which hath Been (1913) 141 He put in 1,162 orange, lemon and pummelo trees, ten pisangs, two olives, [etc.].

1994 S. Owen Indonesian Regional Food & Cookery Gloss. 270 Plantain. Musa paradisiaca; pisang. These are green or yellow, unripe or ripe.

2. South African. A strelitzia; esp. (more fully wild pisang) Strelitzia alba. Now rare.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tropical or exotic fruit-tree or -plant > banana tree > types of

Pharaoh's fig?a1425

ensete1790

pisang1812

Lacatan1894

sucrier1911

1812 A. Plumptre tr. H. Lichtenstein Trav. S. Afr. I. xv. 204 The Pisang river..has this name from the profusion of wild Pisang,..strelitzia alba, that grows upon its banks.

1824 W. J. Burchell Trav. Interior S. Afr. II. 258 The very close resemblance which exists between the Strelitzia augusta or Wild Pisang (Wild Plantain) of the Cape Colony, and the Urania speciosa of that island [sc. Madagascar].

1939 J. F. Bense Dict. Low-Dutch Elem. in Eng. Vocab. 285 Wild pisang, the name given to a S. African allied plant, Strelitzia augusta.

Compounds

† pisang fig n. Obsolete a banana.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > banana > [noun]

finger?a1425

fig1582

banana1597

pisang1662

pisang fig1700

nana1929

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > tropical exotic fruit > banana

finger?a1425

muse1578

fig1582

banana1597

adam's figc1602

pisang1662

pisang fig1700

1700 S. L. tr. C. Frick Relation Voy. in tr. C. Frick & C. Schweitzer Relation Two Voy. E.-Indies 31 Little Vessels..brought..Coco's, Pisang Figgs, which are a long kind of Figg.

1745 P. Thomas True Jrnl. Voy. South-Seas 333 Those most admired are the Pisang Figs.

pisang tree n. now historical a banana plant.

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platano1555

Indian fig tree1598

pisang tree1671

banana1697

banana-tree1792

1671 J. Ogilby tr. O. Dapper et al. Atlas Chinensis 25 If they dream of a Post, or Pisang Tree, or short Cane, they look upon it as a good signification.

1705 tr. W. Bosman New Descr. Coast of Guinea xvi. 291 Much hath already been written concerning the Pisang-tree.

1910 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 30 353 The hero..discovers that this golden grove of plantains, pisang trees,..conceals the further end of the ‘road to the world of the gods’.

pisang wax n. rare a vegetable wax obtained from the leaves of certain banana plants.

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1900 Science 10 Aug. 234/1 Greshoff has investigated the Pisang wax, the product of an unknown plant of Lower India.

1934 C. C. Steele Introd. Plant Biochem. ii. vi. 53 Pisang wax is obtained from the leaves of a variety of Banana tree (Musa Cera) which grows in Java.

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

单词	pisang
释义	pisangn. Brit. /pᵻˈsaŋ/, U.S. /pəˈsɑŋ/ Forms: 1600s piçan, 1600s pissan, 1600s pysangh, 1600s– pisang. Origin: A borrowing from Malay. Etymon: Malay pisang. Etymology: < Malay pisang, pissang (1614).In quot. 1662 at sense 1 via French pissan (1659 in the passage translated in quot. 1662). In sense 2 partly via South African Dutch pisang (Afrikaans piesang). 1. A banana; a plantain; (also) a plant of either fruit. Now chiefly in reference to Malay and Indonesian cuisine. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > banana > [noun] finger?a1425 fig1582 banana1597 pisang1662 pisang fig1700 nana1929 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > tropical exotic fruit > banana finger?a1425 muse1578 fig1582 banana1597 adam's figc1602 pisang1662 pisang fig1700 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. J. Albert de Mandelslo ii. in Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors The Country abounds..specially in Fruits,..Pissans, Oranges and Lemmons. 1694 Narbrough's Acct. Several Late Voy. 141 6000 Coco-Nuts and 100 Bundles of Pysanghs. 1760 C. Lennox Lady's Museum No. 2. xix. 155 The leaves of the pisang serve them by way of table cloths and napkins. 1795 C. R. Hopson tr. C. P. Thunberg Trav. (ed. 2) II. 283 The Pisang (Musa Paradisiaca or Bananas) would seldom blossom in the few gardens where it was cultivated. 1855 Harper's Mag. July 203/1 The banana and the pisang begin, like the palm-tree, to supersede by degrees the bread-fruit tree. 1875 J. Thomson Straits Malacca 8 Of the pisang or plantain..there are over thirty kinds of which the Pisang-mas, or golden plantain,..is..most deservedly prized. 1910 D. Fairbridge That which hath Been (1913) 141 He put in 1,162 orange, lemon and pummelo trees, ten pisangs, two olives, [etc.]. 1994 S. Owen Indonesian Regional Food & Cookery Gloss. 270 Plantain. Musa paradisiaca; pisang. These are green or yellow, unripe or ripe. 2. South African. A strelitzia; esp. (more fully wild pisang) Strelitzia alba. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tropical or exotic fruit-tree or -plant > banana tree > types of Pharaoh's fig?a1425 ensete1790 pisang1812 Lacatan1894 sucrier1911 1812 A. Plumptre tr. H. Lichtenstein Trav. S. Afr. I. xv. 204 The Pisang river..has this name from the profusion of wild Pisang,..strelitzia alba, that grows upon its banks. 1824 W. J. Burchell Trav. Interior S. Afr. II. 258 The very close resemblance which exists between the Strelitzia augusta or Wild Pisang (Wild Plantain) of the Cape Colony, and the Urania speciosa of that island [sc. Madagascar]. 1939 J. F. Bense Dict. Low-Dutch Elem. in Eng. Vocab. 285 Wild pisang, the name given to a S. African allied plant, Strelitzia augusta. Compounds † pisang fig n. Obsolete a banana. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > banana > [noun] finger?a1425 fig1582 banana1597 pisang1662 pisang fig1700 nana1929 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > tropical exotic fruit > banana finger?a1425 muse1578 fig1582 banana1597 adam's figc1602 pisang1662 pisang fig1700 1700 S. L. tr. C. Frick Relation Voy. in tr. C. Frick & C. Schweitzer Relation Two Voy. E.-Indies 31 Little Vessels..brought..Coco's, Pisang Figgs, which are a long kind of Figg. 1745 P. Thomas True Jrnl. Voy. South-Seas 333 Those most admired are the Pisang Figs. pisang tree n. now historical a banana plant. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tropical or exotic fruit-tree or -plant > banana tree platano1555 Indian fig tree1598 pisang tree1671 banana1697 banana-tree1792 1671 J. Ogilby tr. O. Dapper et al. Atlas Chinensis 25 If they dream of a Post, or Pisang Tree, or short Cane, they look upon it as a good signification. 1705 tr. W. Bosman New Descr. Coast of Guinea xvi. 291 Much hath already been written concerning the Pisang-tree. 1910 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 30 353 The hero..discovers that this golden grove of plantains, pisang trees,..conceals the further end of the ‘road to the world of the gods’. pisang wax n. rare a vegetable wax obtained from the leaves of certain banana plants. ΚΠ 1900 Science 10 Aug. 234/1 Greshoff has investigated the Pisang wax, the product of an unknown plant of Lower India. 1934 C. C. Steele Introd. Plant Biochem. ii. vi. 53 Pisang wax is obtained from the leaves of a variety of Banana tree (Musa Cera) which grows in Java. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1662
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