Macarangan.

Brit.

/ˌmakəˈraŋɡə/, U.S.

/ˌmækəˈræŋɡə/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Macaranga.

Etymology: < scientific Latin Macaranga ( L. M. A. du Petit-Thouars Genera Nova Madagascariensia (1806) 26 ff.) < Malagasy mokarana, a Madagascan species of the genus.

A genus of trees and shrubs of the family Euphorbiaceae, native to the Old World tropics, some members of which have strikingly large leaves; (also macaranga) a tree or shrub of this genus.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Euphorbiaceae (spurges and allies) > [noun] > particular type of spurge

petty spurge1578

milkweed1592

spurge1715

Macaranga1846

1846 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom 281 Euphorbiaceae... Genera... IV. Acalypheæ... Macaranga, Thouars.

1880 Jrnl. Linn. Soc.: Bot. 17 234 In the typical Macaranga the stamens are indefinite, the anthers are always 4-valved, and the pistil almost always reduced to a single carpel.

1937 Nature 2 Oct. 564/1 The Angamic dye..is made from the leaves..of the Macaranga denticulata, and, in order to obtain the true black, a cloth must first be boiled with macaranga leaves and then steeped in black mud.

1972 E. Palmer & N. Pitman Trees S. Africa ii. 1142 (caption) The silvery-white, straight stem of a macaranga growing in a Zululand swamp.

1997 Jrnl. Ecol. 85 847 Several species of the important south-east Asian pioneer tree genus Macaranga (Euphorbiaceae) possess hollow stems that harbour ant colonies that act as a ‘biotic’ anti-herbivore defence.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	macaranga
释义	Macarangan. Brit. /ˌmakəˈraŋɡə/, U.S. /ˌmækəˈræŋɡə/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Macaranga. Etymology: < scientific Latin Macaranga ( L. M. A. du Petit-Thouars Genera Nova Madagascariensia (1806) 26 ff.) < Malagasy mokarana, a Madagascan species of the genus. A genus of trees and shrubs of the family Euphorbiaceae, native to the Old World tropics, some members of which have strikingly large leaves; (also macaranga) a tree or shrub of this genus. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Euphorbiaceae (spurges and allies) > [noun] > particular type of spurge petty spurge1578 milkweed1592 spurge1715 Macaranga1846 1846 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom 281 Euphorbiaceae... Genera... IV. Acalypheæ... Macaranga, Thouars. 1880 Jrnl. Linn. Soc.: Bot. 17 234 In the typical Macaranga the stamens are indefinite, the anthers are always 4-valved, and the pistil almost always reduced to a single carpel. 1937 Nature 2 Oct. 564/1 The Angamic dye..is made from the leaves..of the Macaranga denticulata, and, in order to obtain the true black, a cloth must first be boiled with macaranga leaves and then steeped in black mud. 1972 E. Palmer & N. Pitman Trees S. Africa ii. 1142 (caption) The silvery-white, straight stem of a macaranga growing in a Zululand swamp. 1997 Jrnl. Ecol. 85 847 Several species of the important south-east Asian pioneer tree genus Macaranga (Euphorbiaceae) possess hollow stems that harbour ant colonies that act as a ‘biotic’ anti-herbivore defence. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1846
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