单词 | hyawa |
释义 | hyawan. One of several balsam-bearing trees or shrubs of Guyana, esp. Protium heptaphyllum. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > medicinal trees or shrubs > [noun] > non-British medicinal trees or shrubs > balm trees or plants balsamc1000 balma1387 balsamuma1398 bdelliuma1398 balm-tree1601 balsam-tree1601 balsamum-tree1603 Balm of Gileada1701 opobalsamum1737 maria1745 Balm of Gilead shrub1754 hyawa1825 Balm of Gilead fir1833 balm-shrub1841 balsam-fir1865 balsam-poplar1882 mountain balm1887 1825 C. Waterton Wanderings in S. Amer. 190 They paint themselves with the Roucou, sweetly perfumed with Hayawa. 1840 R. H. Schomburgk Descr. Brit. Guiana 98 The latter tree [sc. Amyris ambrosiaca], called Haiowa or Sepou by the Indians, is most abundant. 1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. IV. 980/1 Hyawai gum or incense, from the River Demerara. 1887 Colonial & Indian Exhib., London 1886: Rep. Colonial Sections 295 Hyawa gum..is very fragrant when burnt. 1899 J. Rodway In Guiana Wilds 208 Then it struck him that a torch would be useful, as he saw a hyawa bush growing near. 1924 S. J. Record & C. D. Mell Timbers Trop. Amer. 335 The bastard cedar, incense tree, or ‘hiawá’ of British Guiana is P[rotium] heptaphyllum March. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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