单词 | berberine |
释义 | berberinen.1 berberine tree n. an African tree, Xylopia polycarpa, which yields a yellow dye containing berberine. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants used in dyeing > trees or shrubs yielding dyes > [noun] > other trees yielding dyes achiote1648 Campeachy tree1652 logwood1652 roucou1662 urucu1666 Morinda1754 berberine tree1861 kamachili1866 tanners' tree1884 1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. ii. iii. 440 The Berberine or Yellow-dye tree of Soudan. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online June 2020). Berberinen.2 A Berber. Also attributive. ΘΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of North Africa > [noun] > Berbers > person Amazigh1823 Berber1842 Berberee1852 Berberine1875 1875 Encycl. Brit. I. 260/2 The Barábra or Berberines are a people well known in Egypt. 1928 Blackwood's Mag. Mar. 406/1 This..was given to me..by a grateful Berberine. 1938 Times Lit. Suppl. 8 Oct. 645/2 A lady's maid who managed Berberine servants with grim efficiency. Derivatives Berbeˈree n. (also Berberi) a Berber. ΘΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of North Africa > [noun] > Berbers > person Amazigh1823 Berber1842 Berberee1852 Berberine1875 1852 B. St. John Village Life in Egypt II. i. 9 Berberi race, black and well-featured. 1852 B. St. John Village Life in Egypt II. iii. 30 In the neighbourhood of Essouan..is a curious race of people..distinct from the Berberis, although confounded with them by many travellers. 1900 A. Conan Doyle Green Flag 270 In front rode the three Berberee body-servants upon donkeys. ˈBerberin n. plural. Berbers. ΘΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of North Africa > [noun] > Berbers Tuareg1821 Berberin1906 1906 Daily Chron. 22 Sept. 2/7 The municipality of Alexandria are now endeavouring to induce the surplus Berberin, &c., to return to their own country, on the upper reaches of the Nile. ˈberberize v. (transitive) to impart a Berber character to. Π 1914 Eng. Hist. Rev. Oct. 786 Many Arabs..had settled down [in Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco] and become in part Berberized. ˈberberized adj. ΘΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of North Africa > [adjective] > Berber Tuareg1826 Amazigh1837 berberized1930 1930 C. G. Seligman Races of Afr. vi. 137 It is always difficult to decide whether any particular people..are to be regarded as arabized Berbers or as berberized Arabs. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2018). > as lemmasˈberberine ˈberberine n. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > organic chemistry > neutral substances from plants > bitter principles > [noun] quassin1819 colocynthin1830 plumbagin1830 colocynthite1838 quassite1838 amarine1839 rhamnin1843 maticin1844 limonin1845 serpentarin1847 rubian1848 humulin1854 pinipicrin1859 ilicin1861 physalin1863 scrophularin1868 lobelacrin1874 berberia1876 berberine1876 citrulline1882 tigline1900 1876 J. Harley Royle's Man. Materia Med. (ed. 6) 778 Contains a considerable amount of berberine. 1880 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Berberin is..given as a bitter tonic in dyspepsia. < n.11861n.21852 as lemmas |
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