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单词 hyawa
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hyawan.

/ˈhʌɪəwə/
Forms: Also haiowa, hayawa, hiawa, hyawai.
Etymology: Arawak (Makuchi) haijawa. In Dutch hajawa (1770).
One of several balsam-bearing trees or shrubs of Guyana, esp. Protium heptaphyllum. Also attributive.
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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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