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单词 cacoon
释义 cacoon|kəˈkuːn|
[? A native African name.]
The large flat polished bean of a climbing tropical shrub, Entada scandens (family Leguminosæ), which has jointed pods six or eight feet long, containing in each joint one of these beans, about 2 inches across and half an inch thick. They are made into snuff-boxes, scent-bottles, spoons, etc., and are sometimes sold in the streets of London as West Indian Filberts.
1854P. Simmonds Comm. Product. Veg. Kingd., The horse-eyes and Cacoons of Jamaica..yield a considerable quantity of oil or fat.1885A. Brassey The Trades 265 The pods..contain from ten to fifteen hard, brown, shining, flattened seeds, called cacoons.
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