| 单词 | doum leaf |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdoum leaf General attributive, as doum leaf, doum wood, etc. ΚΠ 1743 R. Pococke Descr. East I. ii. iii. 101 The statue to the east is three feet five inches long in the foot; at a distance from it is the head with the cap..and behind it is the ornament of the dome leaf. 1788 T. Clarkson Ess. Impolicy Afr. Slave Trade 20 The doom-wood (which the worm never enters). 1827 T. Moore Epicurean (1839) xvi. 166 A bed of fresh doum leaves. 1853 J. Richardson Narr. Mission Central Afr. II. xix. 328 Our people gnaw the doom fruit, but it is just like gnawing the bark of a tree. 1880 W. S. Wood Eastern Afterglow ii. 13 In the fruit bazaar there are..dôm-nuts from the dôm-palm. 1927 Sudan Notes & Rec. 10 81 A long necklace of brass wire bound closely round a dom leaf. 1985 D. V. Johnson in G. E. Wickens et al. Plants for Arid Lands xiv. 198 Doum wood is strong and durable and..can be hollowed out for water pipes. 2016 M. Hill in J. Aruz & M. Seymour Assyria to Iberia: Art & Culture Iron Age 163/1 The dom nut itself has strong associations with monkeys and..with the south and the tale of the Faraway Goddess. < as lemmas |
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