单词 | tahiti |
释义 | Tahitin. Used attributively. a. Tahiti arrow-root n. a starchy powder made from the tubers of Tacca pinnatifida. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > substances for food preparation > [noun] > thickening agent lear?c1390 liaison1759 arrowroot?1790 roux1793 Tahiti arrow-root1861 filé1885 gumbo filé1978 Oatrim1990 1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. ii. iii. 674 The starch known as Tacca starch, Tahiti Arrow-root, or Otaheite Salep. 1974 G. Usher Dict. Plants used by Man 564/1 The tuber yields a rather indigestible arrowroot (Fiji Arrowroot, Tahiti Arrowroot,..). b. Tahiti cane n. the sugar cane, Saccharum officinarum. ΚΠ 1851 Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. IV. i. 980/1 All of the above-mentioned sugars are the produce of the Otaheite or Tahiti cane. 1887 Encycl. Brit. XXII. 625/2 An average sample of Tahiti cane at maturity contains—water, 71·04 per cent. [etc.]. c. Tahiti chestnut n. = ivi n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tropical or exotic fruit-tree or -plant > of Asian or South Pacific > other Asian fruit-plants tallow-tree1704 mangosteen1734 langsat1783 cucumber-tree1784 rambai1811 salak1820 wampee1830 tamarind plum1846 jackfruit1847 ivi1862 longan1866 Tahiti chestnut1884 mape1888 calamondin1890 1884 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 664/2 Tahiti chestnut. Inocarpus edulis. S. Sea Islands. 1974 G. Usher Dict. Plants used by Man 319/1 Polynesian Chestnut, Tahiti Chestnut... The seeds are..eaten raw or cooked. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1851 |
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