(a) a tropical American palm, Phytelephas macrocarpa, the fruit of which is a source of vegetable ivory; (b) Nautical slang a brown loaf (rare).
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释义 | the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > bread > loaf > [noun] > brown loaf (3) Negro's head1670 (a) a tropical American palm, Phytelephas macrocarpa, the fruit of which is a source of vegetable ivory; (b) Nautical slang a brown loaf (rare). Brown George1688 A loaf of a coarse kind of brown bread (obsolete). George1755 Oxford University slang. A small loaf of bread. Also George Brown. Cf. Brown George, n. 1. Obsolete. |
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