| 释义 |
† ˈfaufel(l Obs.
[a. Arab. faufel.]
= areca.
1594Blundevil Exerc. v. vi. (ed. 7) 545 That Indian tree which is called Faufell. 1693Phil. Trans. XVII. 684 The Betel and Faufel (the first of the Pepper, the latter of the Palm kind). Ibid. 766 The Indians chew the Leaves instead of Betel with the Faufel or Arequa. 1755Johnson, Faufel, the fruit of a species of the palm-tree. And in later Dicts. |