| 释义 |
ololiuqui|əʊləʊˈl(j)uːkɪ|
Also ololiuhqui.
[ad. Amer. Sp. ololiuque, f. Nahuatl ololiuhqui ‘one that covers’.]
A Mexican climbing plant, Rivea corymbosa (Ipomœa sidifolia), of the family Convolvulaceæ; also, the narcotic drug prepared from its seeds. Also attrib.
1915W. E. Safford in Jrnl. Heredity VI. 311 It is very strange that Mexican botanists living in the country of the Ololiuhqui have not solved the mystery of its identity. 1926Chambers's Jrnl. Aug. 513/2 [He] bemused himself with the seeds of the ololiuhqui. 1941R. E. Schultes (title) A contribution to our knowledge of Rivea corymbosa, the narcotic ololiuqui of the Aztecs. 1954A. Huxley Let. 2 Mar. (1969) 699 Ololiuqu(i) is used by the Mexican and Cuban witch doctors to increase ESP faculties and relieve disease. 1962― Island xi. 171 He began to talk about the indoles recently isolated from the ololiuqui seeds that had been brought in from Mexico last year. 1966New Scientist 21 Apr. 156/1 In Mexico, the seeds of climbing convulvulus plants known as ‘morning glory’ are made into a drug called ‘ololiuqui’. 1973Sci. Amer. Oct. 130/2 The seeds of certain Mexican morning glories,..the source of a magic Aztec potion, ololiuqui, used to ‘communicate with the gods and receive the secret things’. |