rengasn.

Brit.

/ˈrɛŋɡɑːs/, U.S.

/ˈrɛŋˌɡɑs/

Forms: 1800s runggas, 1800s– rengas, 1900s– rĕngas, 1900s– renghas.

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

Etymology: < Malay rengas.

More fully rengas tree. Any of several East Indian trees of the family Anacardiaceae, esp. Gluta renghas, which contain a black sap that can cause severe skin irritation; (also) the wood or sap of these trees. Also attributive.

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1836 J. Low Diss. Soil & Agric. Penang iv. 200 Runggas—a lofty tree, the juice of which is deleterious to the human frame, creating swellings over the whole body.

1898 Agric. Bull. Malay Penins. Dec. 219 The name Rengas is given by Malays to a number of trees belonging to the order Anacardiaceæ which exude, when wounded, a black varnish which produces a serious irritation of the skin.

1935 I. H. Burkill Dict. Econ. Products Malay Peninsula I. 1079 Furniture of ‘rĕngas’ may certainly be used without inconvenience.

1939 A. Keith Land below Wind xiii. 221 One disadvantage of wearing shorts was the long expanse of leg which was left bare, with the result of..patches of rengas poisoning from rubbing against the leaves of the rengas tree.

1946 Thorpe's Dict. Appl. Chem. (ed. 4) 161/1 The toxic principle of renghas fruit (Semecarpus heterophylla Bl.), ‘renghol’,..is also identical with urushiol.

1956 Nature 25 Feb. 366/1 The Colonial hardwood, rengas, has been shown to contain two pigments.

2004 D. G. Crosby Poisoned Weed i. 5 Although not classified botanically until 1750, the corrosive rengas trees (Gluta rengas) of Southeast Asia would have brought grief to the earliest permanent residents.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rengas
释义	rengasn. Brit. /ˈrɛŋɡɑːs/, U.S. /ˈrɛŋˌɡɑs/ Forms: 1800s runggas, 1800s– rengas, 1900s– rĕngas, 1900s– renghas. Origin: A borrowing from Malay. Etymon: Malay rengas. Etymology: < Malay rengas. More fully rengas tree. Any of several East Indian trees of the family Anacardiaceae, esp. Gluta renghas, which contain a black sap that can cause severe skin irritation; (also) the wood or sap of these trees. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > poisonous or harmful plants > poisonous bush or tree > [noun] > other poisonous or harmful trees manchineel1625 rengas1836 poison tree1884 the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > poisonous or harmful plants > poisonous bush or tree > [adjective] rengas1939 1836 J. Low Diss. Soil & Agric. Penang iv. 200 Runggas—a lofty tree, the juice of which is deleterious to the human frame, creating swellings over the whole body. 1898 Agric. Bull. Malay Penins. Dec. 219 The name Rengas is given by Malays to a number of trees belonging to the order Anacardiaceæ which exude, when wounded, a black varnish which produces a serious irritation of the skin. 1935 I. H. Burkill Dict. Econ. Products Malay Peninsula I. 1079 Furniture of ‘rĕngas’ may certainly be used without inconvenience. 1939 A. Keith Land below Wind xiii. 221 One disadvantage of wearing shorts was the long expanse of leg which was left bare, with the result of..patches of rengas poisoning from rubbing against the leaves of the rengas tree. 1946 Thorpe's Dict. Appl. Chem. (ed. 4) 161/1 The toxic principle of renghas fruit (Semecarpus heterophylla Bl.), ‘renghol’,..is also identical with urushiol. 1956 Nature 25 Feb. 366/1 The Colonial hardwood, rengas, has been shown to contain two pigments. 2004 D. G. Crosby Poisoned Weed i. 5 Although not classified botanically until 1750, the corrosive rengas trees (Gluta rengas) of Southeast Asia would have brought grief to the earliest permanent residents. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1836
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