| 释义 |
‖ kie-kie|ˈkiːkiː|
Also kee-kee.
[Maori.]
A New Zealand climbing plant, Freycinetia Banksii (family Pandanaceæ), the leaves of which are woven into baskets, etc. Also attrib.
1847N.Z. Jrnl. No. 191. 106/1 Passed..through a wet wood of supplejack and kiekie. 1854Golder Pigeon's Parlt. Notes 77 The trees were..covered with a kind of parasite plant, called a keekee, having a thick cabbage-like stock. 1873Buller Birds New Zeal. (1888) II. 317, I drew out the nest materials, consisting of shreds of kiekie-leaves and other dry litter. 1882T. H. Potts Out in the Open 20 (Morris) The unused food..together with the empty kie-kie baskets. 1905W. B. Where White Man Treads 16 Aye, and kie kie also, with its two kinds of sweet-meats, both on the same vine. 1966Encycl. N.Z. II. 785/1 The only non-berry fruit of significance was that of kiekie (Freycinetia banksii), the flavour of which has been likened to that of a pear. |