trepang
/trɪˈpaŋ
/noun
Another term for bêche-de-mer (sense 1).Certainly trepang from this trade reached China....
- The flesh of the trepang has to be drenched in water for a long time prior to cooking, in order to remove a lot of the gelatinous goo, or so I'm told.
- This trade included the abundant trepang harvested in north Australia.
Origin
Late 18th century: from Malay teripang.
Rhymes
- abietene
- abietic acid
- abietinic acid
- abigail
- a big deal
- a big fish
- a big fish in a small pond
- Abilene
- abilitate
- abilitation
- ability
- -ability
- ability group
- ability grouping
- ab inconvenientem
- ab inconvenienti
- Abington
- ab initio
- abintestate
- ab intestate
- ab intestato
- ab intra
- abiogenesis
- abiogenesist
- abiogenetic