单词 | indian leaf |
释义 | > as lemmasIndian leaf Indian leaf n. now historical the aromatic leaf of any of several South Asian trees of the genus Cinnamomum (family Lauraceae); = Malabar leaf n. at Malabar n. Compounds 2 (cf. malabathrum n.). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > medicinal and culinary plants > medicinal and culinary plant or part of plant > [noun] > cinnamon trees > bark, wood, or leaf cinnamonc1430 xylocinnamon1555 Indian leaf1649 canella1756 massoy1801 sintoc1842 1649 N. Culpeper Physicall Directory 38 Malabathrum. Indian-leaf, hot and dry in the second degree, comforts the stomach exceedingly. 1671 W. Salmon Synopsis Medicinæ iii. xxii. 401 Indian-leaf; its virtues are the same with Mace and Spicknard. 1765 T. H. Croker et al. Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. II Indian Leaf, Malabathrum,..the leaf of a tree brought from the East-Indies. 1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants , Cinnamomum Malabathrum Indian, or Malabar, Leaf. 1964 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 54 42/2 Folia indica... The Indian Leaf; the aromatic leaf of a species of Cinnamomum, probably C. zeylanicum. < as lemmas |
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