putchukn.

Brit.

/ˈpʌtʃək/, U.S.

/ˈpəˌtʃək/

Forms: 1600s pochok, 1700s putchok, 1700s–1800s putchick, 1700s– putchock, 1700s– putchuck, 1800s patchuck, 1800s puchuk, 1800s– putchuk.

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

Etymology: < Malay pucuk. Compare Portuguese pucho (1516), Italian puchio (1560 in the passage translated in quot. 1588).

1. Costus, the fragrant root of the Kashmiri plant Saussurea costus (family Asteraceae ( Compositae)), used in perfumery and (formerly) as a medicinal agent. Also: the plant itself. Now rare.

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cost?a1200

costusc1487

orris root1598

putchuk1617

iris-root1673

1588 T. Hickock tr. C. Federici Voy. & Trauaile f. 5 Aboundaunce of Opioum, Assa Fetida, Puchio [It. puchio], with many other sorts of drugs.]

1617 R. Cocks Diary (1883) I. 294 5 hampers pochok.

1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies I. xi. 126 Nothing of it is usefull but the Root, called Putchock, or Radix dulcis.

1772 Chinese Traveller I. 50 A small square table is..covered over with wood-ashes, into which small furrows are drawn. These furrows are filled with powder of putchuk, or radix dulcis.

1844 J. H. Stocqueler Hand-bk. India 53 Bombay..supplies..grain, oils, putchock, seeds, tobacco, and soap, from the northern coast.

1868 Atlantic Monthly Mar. 264/1 Tchung-tseen..has ginseng and the flesh of fowls to warm and strengthen the viscera..; putchuk.., dried silkworm chrysalis, and ordure, as mild equalizing resolvents.

1923 Reno (Nevada) Evening Gaz. 22 Feb. 6/5 Joss-sticks are made from putchock, a plant of the Himalayas.

1967 O. W. Wolters Early Indonesian Commerce viii. 116 Different kinds of myrrh were known in southern China before the seventh century, and there is a reference to a sea-borne trade in putchuk before the seventh century.

†2. More fully green putchuk, native green putchuk. The Chinese plant Aristolochia debilis (family Aristolochiaceae). Obsolete. rare.

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1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants 113/1 ‘Putchuck’, Aristolochia recurvilabra.

1890 Cent. Dict. at Putchuk Green or native green putchuk, the Chinese Aristolochia recurvilabra: so called from some resemblance of its rootstock to the putchuk imported from India.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	putchuk
释义	putchukn. Brit. /ˈpʌtʃək/, U.S. /ˈpəˌtʃək/ Forms: 1600s pochok, 1700s putchok, 1700s–1800s putchick, 1700s– putchock, 1700s– putchuck, 1800s patchuck, 1800s puchuk, 1800s– putchuk. Origin: A borrowing from Malay. Etymon: Malay pucuk. Etymology: < Malay pucuk. Compare Portuguese pucho (1516), Italian puchio (1560 in the passage translated in quot. 1588). 1. Costus, the fragrant root of the Kashmiri plant Saussurea costus (family Asteraceae ( Compositae)), used in perfumery and (formerly) as a medicinal agent. Also: the plant itself. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > fragrant plants or plants used in perfumery > [noun] > roots cost?a1200 costusc1487 orris root1598 putchuk1617 iris-root1673 1588 T. Hickock tr. C. Federici Voy. & Trauaile f. 5 Aboundaunce of Opioum, Assa Fetida, Puchio [It. puchio], with many other sorts of drugs.] 1617 R. Cocks Diary (1883) I. 294 5 hampers pochok. 1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies I. xi. 126 Nothing of it is usefull but the Root, called Putchock, or Radix dulcis. 1772 Chinese Traveller I. 50 A small square table is..covered over with wood-ashes, into which small furrows are drawn. These furrows are filled with powder of putchuk, or radix dulcis. 1844 J. H. Stocqueler Hand-bk. India 53 Bombay..supplies..grain, oils, putchock, seeds, tobacco, and soap, from the northern coast. 1868 Atlantic Monthly Mar. 264/1 Tchung-tseen..has ginseng and the flesh of fowls to warm and strengthen the viscera..; putchuk.., dried silkworm chrysalis, and ordure, as mild equalizing resolvents. 1923 Reno (Nevada) Evening Gaz. 22 Feb. 6/5 Joss-sticks are made from putchock, a plant of the Himalayas. 1967 O. W. Wolters Early Indonesian Commerce viii. 116 Different kinds of myrrh were known in southern China before the seventh century, and there is a reference to a sea-borne trade in putchuk before the seventh century. †2. More fully green putchuk, native green putchuk. The Chinese plant Aristolochia debilis (family Aristolochiaceae). Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants 113/1 ‘Putchuck’, Aristolochia recurvilabra. 1890 Cent. Dict. at Putchuk Green or native green putchuk, the Chinese Aristolochia recurvilabra: so called from some resemblance of its rootstock to the putchuk imported from India. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1617
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