Ceylonn.
/sɪˈlɒn/ a. Ceylon moss n. the common name for Plocaria candida, which is imported from Sri Lanka (Ceylon) with some other species ( Treasury Bot.); see also quot. 1889.
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1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. ii. iii. 721 Gracilaria lichenoides or Plocaria candida, is our commercial Ceylon Moss.
1875 Encycl. Brit. V. 508/2 Gracilaria lichenoides, under the name of Ceylon moss, is used for soups and jellies.
1889 G. S. Boulger Uses of Plants 50 Ceylon Moss, Jaffna Moss..(Sphærococcus lichenioides, Agardh) another of the Florideæ from..Ceylon, Burma, etc...now used as a demulcent food jelly for invalids.
b. Ceylon pumpkin n. a large pumpkin found originally in Ceylon.
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Ceylon pumpkin1913
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1913 C. Pettman Africanderisms 118 Ceylon pumpkin, a large, oval-shaped pumpkin with orange-coloured flesh.
c. Ceylon rose n. the common oleander or rose-bay, Nerium oleander, a poisonous flowering shrub of the Mediterranean region.
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Ceylon rose1842
1842 Sketches East. Dist. Cape of Gd. Hope 67 Lemon trees, interspersed with the acacia and Ceylon rose.
1868 J. Chapman Trav. Interior S. Afr. II. 15 I find that the Ceylon rose..is..the other poison with which the Damaras tip their arrows in war.
d. Ceylon tea n. a Pekoe tea produced in Ceylon; also elliptical, as Ceylon.
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Ceylon tea1886
1886 in Ceylon Mercantile & Planting Directory (1891) 50 The reply to your question as to whether Ceylon tea can be laid down in London at 6d per pound, depends a good deal on rates of freight.
1907 Moore Brothers' Delicious Teas 16 Pure Ceylon…2/- per lb.
1962 J. Braine Life at Top xxiii. 253 London water and the cheapest brand of Ceylon didn't make a very enlivening brew.
1966 P. V. Price France: Food & Wine Guide 33 China tea, with lemon, may be had as well as Ceylon or Indian tea.
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