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单词 bonduc
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bonducn.

/ˈbɒndʌk/
Etymology: < French bonduc, < Arabic bunduq, now meaning ‘hazel-nut’, but formerly a foreign nut of some kind; probably < Persian: Old Persian had pendak, fendak (modern Persian finduq, funduq, the latter also Arabic), perhaps = Sanskrit pindaka, diminutive of pinda ‘ball, lump’ (J. Platts).
A tropical leguminous shrub of two species (Guilandina Bonduc and G. Bonducella) bearing respectively yellow and lead-coloured seeds, hard and beautifully polished, also called Nicker nuts.
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1696 J. Ray in J. Ray et al. Philos. Lett. (1718) 292 I have received..the Bean called the Ash Coloured Nickar or Bonduch.
1838 Econ. Vegetation 79 The bonduc, or nicker-tree.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 556 The seeds are very hard and beautifully polished, and are called Nicker nuts or Bonduc nuts.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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