| 释义 |
ita|ˈɪtə|
Also eta, ite.
[f. Arawak ite.]
In full, ita palm. The tropical South American fan-palm, Mauritia flexuosa, or the drink made from its fermented sap; cf. eta2.
1845Encycl. Metrop. XX. 6/2 The Eta, a smaller kind of this [cabbage] palm, furnishes nuts. 1860Mayne Reid Odd People 360 The itá is a true palm-tree. 1866Treas. Bot. 725/2 Mauritia flexuosa, the Moriche or Ita Palm, is very abundant on the banks of the Amazon, Rio Negro, and Orinoco rivers. 1904W. H. Hudson Green Mansions xxii. 292 Even the Ita palm and mountain glory..had lost all grace and beauty. 1922W. E. Roth tr. Schomburgk's Trav. Brit. Guiana I. 150 There was..a considerable supply of a rarer drink, the Ite, manufactured by the Indians from the juice of Mauritia flexuosa. 1957M. Swan Brit. Guiana x. 152 An outcrop of sandy soil has produced a cluster of ite palms, those ‘trees of life’ found all over the coastal areas. |