| 单词 | tombo palm |
| 释义 | > as lemmastombo palm Chiefly in West Africa: palm wine made by fermenting the sap of the bamboo palm, Raphia vinifera; the sap itself as collected for drinking or fermentation (rare). Also (in full tombo palm, tombo tree): the palm tree producing such sap. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > wine-making > [noun] > palm fruit used for wine tomboa1712 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > yielding intoxicating drink > [noun] > palm-wine plants toddy tree1630 sagwire1681 wine-palm1681 pardon-tree1705 tomboa1712 eta palm1769 nipa1779 toddy palm1810 itaa1832 jaggery palm1859 ki1860 bamboo palm1866 a1712 J. Barbot Descr. N. & S.-Guinea ii. ix, in Churchill's Coll. Voy. (1732) V. 144 There is also abundance of palm-oil, made by the fruit produced by the Tombe tree, from which they also draw the wine called Bourdon or Tombe. 1851 J. Smith Trade & Trav. Gulph of Guinea xvi. 150 When first drawn from the tree, tombo is full of carbonic acid gass, which causes it to sparkle and effervesce like brisk champagne. 1897 Diplomatic & Consular Rep. Trade & Finance: Afr. 1895–6 (Foreign Office Ann. Ser. No. 1834) 88 in Parl. Papers (C. 8277–52) LXXXIX. 7 Where there are Tombo trees there is certain to be a village. 1908 Daily Chron. 7 Dec. 4/4 Considerable evidence..adduced to show that intoxication is more frequent from drinking tombo and other native brews than from drinking imported spirit. 1930 Empire Forestry Jrnl. 9 102 Common constituents of this formation..are the screw pine (Pandanus sp.) and the Tombo palm (Raphia vinifera). 1985 K. Saro-Wiwa Sozaboy (2003) i. 17 That is what the short man said as he drank another glass of tombo. 2016 @Edwin_Tangi 30 Apr. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) You want your child to be president some day but you're drinking tombo while pregnant ?? < as lemmas |
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