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Chile|ˈtʃɪliː|
Also Chili.
The name of the South American republic used attrib. in the names of natural products, animals, etc., as Chile copper (see quot. 1888); Chile nettle, any plant of the family Loasaceæ; Chile pine = monkey-puzzle; Chile saltpetre (see quot. 1959).
1801Latham Gen. Synop. Birds 2nd Suppl. 140 Chili Woodpecker. This bird is scarcely as large as a Blackbird: it has a red-crested crown, and the body is banded with blue and white. 1849Balfour Man. Bot. §870 Loasaceæ, the Chili-Nettle Family... They are..chiefly distinguished for their stinging qualities, and hence the name of Chili-Nettle. 1852G. W. Johnson Cottage Gard. Dict. 70 Araucaria imbricata (imbricated, or Chili pine). 1872Jrnl. Chem. Soc. XXV. 1131 The Chili Saltpetre and Iodine Industry of Tarapaca. 1888Lockwood's Dict. Terms Mech. Engin., Chili Copper, black oxide of copper obtained in Chili. 1940E. Step Wayside & Woodl. Trees 176 The Chile Pine, or ‘Monkey Puzzle’ is a familiar sight on suburban lawns. 1959Chambers's Encycl. VII. 46/1 Nitrate occurs in nature mainly as soda-nitre (Chile nitre or Chile saltpetre), NaNO3 [etc.]. |