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
- pleasure seeker
- pleasure-seeking
- pleasure-unpleasure
- pleasure/unpleasure
- pleasure–unpleasure
- pleasure–unpleasure principle
- pleasurist
- pleasurous
- pleat
- spontaneous combustion
- spontaneous generation
- spontaneously
- spontaneousness
- spoof
- spoofer
- spoofery
- spook
- spookily
- spookiness
- spooky
- spool
- spoon
- spoon bait
- spoonbill
- spoon bread