| 释义 |
‖ mendee|ˈmɛndiː|
Also mindy, mhendee, mendi, -y.
[Hindī mendhī.]
An Indian name for a variety of henna, Lawsonia alba. Also attrib. as mendee-hedge.
c1813Mrs. Sherwood Ayah & Lady x. 63 She..caused her to stain the palms of her hands and feet with the juice of mindy. ― Stories Ch. Catech. x. 71 His garden.. was well fenced round with a ditch and mindy hedge. 1839Penny Cycl. XIII. 367/2 The natives of North India distinguished the unarmed species by the name phoolke, or flowering mhendee... The thorny species is called mhendee. 1866Treas. Bot. 734/2 Mendee. 1886Yule & Burnell Hobson-Jobson, Mendy. |