| 释义 |
‖ maqui|maˈki|
Also 8 mague.
[Chilean Sp.]
The Chilean shrub Aristotelia Maqui (family Tiliaceæ), yielding a valuable fibre, and producing berries often used in the adulteration of wine.
1704Ovalle's Chili in Churchill's Voyages III. 48 There are also trees call'd Magues. 1809tr. Molina's Nat. Hist. Chili I. 37 The maqui, a species of cornel. 1860Treas. Bot. 719/2 Maqui (Fr.), Aristotelia. 1890Daily News 5 Feb. 5/4 The Chilian Consul-General expresses his opinion that the attention of our farmers will soon be called to the cultivation of the plant known in Chili as the Maqui... The sudden demand for the dried Maqui berry in France is..not without significance. |