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单词 seringa
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seringan.1

Brit. /sᵻˈrɪŋɡə/, U.S. /səˈrɪŋɡə/
Forms: 1700s seringo (nonstandard), 1700s– seringa.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French seringa.
Etymology: < French seringa (1600) < post-classical Latin syringa syringa n.
Any of various white- or cream-flowered shrubs of the genus Philadelphus (family Hydrangeaceae); esp. P. coronarius, native to southern Europe and south-west Asia and cultivated in numerous ornamental varieties and hybrids; also called mock orange. Cf. syringa n.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [noun] > lilac and allied trees > syringal mock orange
pipe1597
pipe tree1629
syringa1664
mock orange1731
seringa1740
Philadelphus1754
Scotch lilac1759
orange-flower tree1877
1740 Countess of Hartford in Countess of Hartford & Countess of Pomfret Corr. (1805) I. 221 Arbours interwoven with lilacs, woodbines, seringas, and laurels.
1785 T. Potter Moralist II. 144 'Twas then a Black-bird and its mate In a seringo built their nest.
1840 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) III. 109 The rich perfume of the seringas and acacias.
1876 M. E. Braddon Joshua Haggard's Daughter II. i. 16 A dark-brown jug of roses and seringa on the window-sill.
1914 Marshall (Michigan) News-Statesman 18 June 2/3 A profusion of pink and white summer bloom carried out a pretty color scheme in various rooms, seringa, peonies, roses and marguerites being used.
2003 W. Taylor et al. Waterberg iv. 87 At sunset the beautifully conformed shapes of seringas make perfect silhouettes.

Derivatives

seringahood n. Obsolete the condition of abounding in seringa blossom.Apparently an isolated use.
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1754 H. Walpole Let. 8 June in Lett. to G. Montagu (1818) 112 [Strawberry] is now in the heighth of its greenth, blueth, gloomth, honey-suckle, and seringahood.
seringous adj. Obsolete rare resembling that of seringa.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular tree or plant yielding useful gum or resin > rubber trees or plants > [adjective]
seringous1887
1887 A. M. Brown Treat. Animal Alkaloids i. iv. 32 An almost cloudless liquid of slightly oleaginous consistence, of a seringous odour.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

seringan.2

Brit. /sᵻˈrɪŋɡə/, U.S. /səˈrɪŋɡə/
Forms: 1800s siringa, 1800s– seringa.
Origin: Probably a borrowing from Portuguese. Etymon: Portuguese seringa.
Etymology: Probably < Brazilian Portuguese seringa India rubber (1774 or earlier; the Portuguese word is apparently not attested denoting the rubber plant), apparently an extended use of Portuguese seringa syringe n., apparently so called because syringes were frequently made from natural rubber. Compare slightly later seringue n.
Any of several South American trees of the genus Hevea (family Euphorbiaceae) which yield latex from which natural rubber is made; esp. the para rubber tree, H. brasiliensis, of the Amazon basin. Also: this rubber itself. Frequently attributive, esp. in seringa rubber, seringa tree.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular tree or plant yielding useful gum or resin > rubber trees or plants > [noun]
milk-bush1696
hule1846
seringa1847
seringue1850
jintawan1851
gutta-percha1860
taban1861
melkbos1862
rubber plant1863
palay1866
Honduras rubber1870
hevea1878
tunu1883
black rubber vine1887
guayule1906
kok-saghyz1932
society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > rubber > [noun] > from specific trees or places
hule1846
seringa1847
jintawan1851
Para rubber1857
biscuit1869
Honduras rubber1870
thimble-rubber1881
Para1897
caucho1899
thimble1909
the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > South American and West Indian trees or shrubs > [noun] > others
persea1601
mahoe1666
poison berry1672
white mangrove1683
maiden plum1696
angelin1704
garlic-pear1725
milkwood-tree1725
Jack-in-the-box1735
cherimoya1736
rattle bush1750
galapee1756
genip1756
lace bark1756
sunfruit1787
wild orange1802
hog-nut1814
mountain pride1814
savannah wattle1814
mora1825
rubber tree1826
mayflower1837
bastard manchineel1838
long john1838
seringa1847
sack tree1849
jumbie tree1860
jumbie bean1862
king-tree1863
gauze-tree1864
mountain green1864
snowdrop tree1864
strong bark1864
switch-sorrel1864
candle-tree1866
maypole1866
angelique1873
poisonwood1884
porkwood1884
1847 W. H. Edwards Voy. River Amazon x. 116 Here were numbers of seringa trees, and we passed many habitations of the gum collectors.
1874 W. H. G. Kingston Western World iv. 309 Among the most remarkable is..the seringa, or india-rubber tree, with its smooth gray bark, tall erect trunk, and thick glossy leaves.
1875 Appleton's Jrnl. 10 July 34/2 There is a wide variation in the quality of the seringa. The best is perfectly uniform in texture, dense, and quite free from bubbles.
1880 Encycl. Brit. XII. 837/1 In French Guiana [rubber is obtained] from H[evea] Guayanensis, Aubl., where it is known as ‘heve’, ‘siringa’, or ‘cahoutchou’.
1913 Geogr. Jrnl. 42 124 And always and everywhere the seringa, the rubber-tree, for this region is wonderfully rich in rubber.
1922 Bull. Geogr. Soc. Philadelphia 20 8 Magnificent biscuits of seringa, from 80 to 100 kilos each, were being smoked and made up by Indians.
1987 W. Dean Brazil i. 9 New England merchants began to place orders in Belém for shoes made of Seringa rubber.
2005 D. S. Hammond in D. S. Hammond Trop. Forests Guiana Shield viii. 422/2 By 1920, more than 60,0000 [sic] people were engaged in the extraction of timber, gold, bauxite, diamonds, balata, seringa rubber and other minor forest products.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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