punnain.

Brit.

/ˈpʊneɪ/, U.S.

/ˈpʊneɪ/

Forms: 1700s punnay, 1800s piney, 1800s poonay, 1800s puny, 1900s– pinnay, 1900s– punnai.

Origin: A borrowing from Tamil. Etymon: Tamil puṉṉai.

Etymology: < Tamil puṉṉai, piṉṉai. Compare poon n.¹Sometimes confused with piney n.¹

More fully punnai tree. Any of several Indo-Malayan trees of the genus Calophyllum (family Clusiaceae ( Guttiferae)); esp. the Alexandrian laurel, C. inophyllum, and C. polyanthum. Cf. poon n.¹

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > butcher's broom > [noun]

knee-hollyc1000

butcher's broom1538

petigrew1538

horse-tongue1562

knee-holm1562

knee-hull1562

ruscus1562

double-tongue1578

prickly box1578

tongue-blade1578

ground-myrtle1601

uvularia1706

Alexandrian laurel1760

punnai1794

shepherd's myrtlec1840

Jew's myrtle1856

knee-hul-

knee-hulver-

1794 N. E. Kindersley tr. On Gratitude in Specim. Hindoo Lit. 78 The wise man..will consider the former [sc. disinterested generosity], compared to the mere return of obligations, as the lofty Punnay tree, to the smallest seed.

1846 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom 402 A few [trees of the Clusiaceae] are cultivated for their timber. Calophyllum angustifolium, the Piney-tree, furnishes the straight spars called Peon at Penang, and in the islands to the eastward of the Bay of Bengal.

1870 R. Bentley Man. Bot. (ed. 2) ii. iii. 469 C. Inophyllum and C. braziliense also yield similar resins... C. angustifolium, the Piney-tree, furnishes valuable timber.

1921 Geogr. Rev. 11 459 Punnai trees were planted by the seashore, because this tree grows ‘in sandy soil. Its smell keeps off the bad odours of fish.’

2005 Hindu (Nexis) 5 Sept. Punnai..was a species from Madagascar and which reached the Indian subcontinent very likely before the Gondwana split.

Compounds

† punnai spar n. Obsolete rare = poon spar n. (b) at poon n.¹ Compounds.

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1831 E. J. Trelawny Adventures Younger Son II. xxiv. 198 The puny spars bent like bamboos and the kiar [= coir] backstays..snapped like cast iron.

punnai oil n. = poon oil n. at poon n.¹ Compounds.

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1890 Cent. Dict. Poonay-oil, Poon-oil, a thick dark-green oil of strong scent and bitter taste, derived from the seeds of Calophyllum Inophyllum in India, used in lamps and medicinally.

1946 A. P. Benthall Trees of Calcutta 34 From the seeds is extracted a dark green, thick, and strongly scented oil known as pinnay, pun, domba or dilo oil which is employed in medicine, and for burning.

1987 D. J. Mabberley Plant-bk. 92 C. inophyllum L. (Alexandrian laurel, OW)—disp. by bats & sea, oilseed (domba oil, pinnay oil) med., illuminant.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	punnai
释义	punnain. Brit. /ˈpʊneɪ/, U.S. /ˈpʊneɪ/ Forms: 1700s punnay, 1800s piney, 1800s poonay, 1800s puny, 1900s– pinnay, 1900s– punnai. Origin: A borrowing from Tamil. Etymon: Tamil puṉṉai. Etymology: < Tamil puṉṉai, piṉṉai. Compare poon n.¹Sometimes confused with piney n.¹ More fully punnai tree. Any of several Indo-Malayan trees of the genus Calophyllum (family Clusiaceae ( Guttiferae)); esp. the Alexandrian laurel, C. inophyllum, and C. polyanthum. Cf. poon n.¹ ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > butcher's broom > [noun] knee-hollyc1000 butcher's broom1538 petigrew1538 horse-tongue1562 knee-holm1562 knee-hull1562 ruscus1562 double-tongue1578 prickly box1578 tongue-blade1578 ground-myrtle1601 uvularia1706 Alexandrian laurel1760 punnai1794 shepherd's myrtlec1840 Jew's myrtle1856 knee-hul- knee-hulver- 1794 N. E. Kindersley tr. On Gratitude in Specim. Hindoo Lit. 78 The wise man..will consider the former [sc. disinterested generosity], compared to the mere return of obligations, as the lofty Punnay tree, to the smallest seed. 1846 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom 402 A few [trees of the Clusiaceae] are cultivated for their timber. Calophyllum angustifolium, the Piney-tree, furnishes the straight spars called Peon at Penang, and in the islands to the eastward of the Bay of Bengal. 1870 R. Bentley Man. Bot. (ed. 2) ii. iii. 469 C. Inophyllum and C. braziliense also yield similar resins... C. angustifolium, the Piney-tree, furnishes valuable timber. 1921 Geogr. Rev. 11 459 Punnai trees were planted by the seashore, because this tree grows ‘in sandy soil. Its smell keeps off the bad odours of fish.’ 2005 Hindu (Nexis) 5 Sept. Punnai..was a species from Madagascar and which reached the Indian subcontinent very likely before the Gondwana split. Compounds † punnai spar n. Obsolete rare = poon spar n. (b) at poon n.¹ Compounds. ΚΠ 1831 E. J. Trelawny Adventures Younger Son II. xxiv. 198 The puny spars bent like bamboos and the kiar [= coir] backstays..snapped like cast iron. punnai oil n. = poon oil n. at poon n.¹ Compounds. ΚΠ 1890 Cent. Dict. Poonay-oil, Poon-oil, a thick dark-green oil of strong scent and bitter taste, derived from the seeds of Calophyllum Inophyllum in India, used in lamps and medicinally. 1946 A. P. Benthall Trees of Calcutta 34 From the seeds is extracted a dark green, thick, and strongly scented oil known as pinnay, pun, domba or dilo oil which is employed in medicine, and for burning. 1987 D. J. Mabberley Plant-bk. 92 C. inophyllum L. (Alexandrian laurel, OW)—disp. by bats & sea, oilseed (domba oil, pinnay oil) med., illuminant. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1794
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