单词 | tagua-plant |
释义 | > as lemmastagua-plant The ivory-palm, Phytelephas macrocarpa, which produces the ivory-nut or corozo-nut; also in combinations, as tagua-nut, tagua-palm, tagua-plant. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants, nuts, seeds, or fruits used as beads or vessels > [noun] > vegetable ivory palm or seed Negro's head1670 corozo1758 tagua1830 vegetable ivory1842 ivory palm1844 ivory-plant1866 the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > palm trees > [noun] > ivory palm Negro's head1670 corozo1758 tagua1830 ivory palm1844 ivory-plant1866 1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 285 Buttons are turned from the hard albumen of Phytelephas, or the Tagua plant. a1864 S. F. Baird in Webster Taqua-nut [hence in mod. Dicts.] 1883 W. Jago in Knowledge July 52/1 Cellulose..occurs in an approximately pure state in the ‘tagua-nut’. 1901 A. H. Keane Central & S. Amer. I. 132 The tagua, whose melon-shaped pods contain the hard grains known as Vegetable Ivory. < as lemmas |
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