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
- root sheath
- root sign
- rootsiness
- roots music
- root someone on
- root someone's boot
- root something out
- root something up
- root stem
- rootstock
- root swell
- root swelling
- rootsy
- root-toot
- root treatment
- root tuber
- root tubercle
- root vegetable
- root weed
- root woman
- root work
- root worker
- rootworm
- rooty
- rooty gong