aweton.

Brit.

/əˈwɛtəʊ/, U.S.

/əˈwɛdoʊ/, New Zealand English /ˈʌːweto/, /əˈwetʌu/

Forms: 1800s awato, 1800s hawhato, 1800s– aweto, 1900s– aweta, 1900s– awhato Brit.

/əˈwatəʊ/, U.S.

/əˈwædoʊ/, New Zealand English /ˈʌːfʌto/, /əˈwʌːtʌu/, 1900s– awheto.

Origin: A borrowing from Maori. Etymon: Maori āwhato.

Etymology: < Maori āwhato, āwheto any of various large caterpillars, including those affected by the Ophiocordyceps fungus. N.E.D. (1885) gives the pronunciation as (ăwĕⁱ·to, ăwī·to) /əˈweɪtəʊ/, /əˈwiːtəʊ/.

A caterpillar of a New Zealand porina moth (genus Wiseana, family Hepialidae) that has been infected by the parasitic fungus Ophiocordyceps robertsii, which mummifies the insect below a covering of soil or leaf litter before sending up a slender fruiting body; also called vegetable caterpillar. In later use also: a caterpillar of the same family parasitized by the fungus O. sinensis, found in the highlands of central Asia and used in traditional medicine.

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corkir1703

Canary weed1712

perelle1712

Canary moss1738

cudbear1767

aweto1845

Mauritius weed1858

velvet moss1858

1845 E. Meurant Diary 2 Oct. (typescript, Alexander Turnbull Libr., Wellington, N.Z.) 24 Mr. Shortland Capn Marlow and myself and a Maori Walked into a forrest to look for the Awato, or Otete (the large catipilar).

1865 W. Colenso Ess. Bot. N. Island N.Z. 37 The black pigment for the same operation [sc. tattooing] being obtained..also from the ashes of the curious vegeto-caterpillar fungus, the Hawhato (Cordiceps Robertsii).

1964 R. L. Bacon Along Road 29 The Maoris..called them awhato and ground them up for tattooing pigment.

1982 S. Fulder Tao of Medicine iii. 81 There is also aweto, a Tibetan medicine which is a caterpillar infested with a relative of ergot.

2007 N. Te Awekotuku Mau Moko i. 32 (caption) Aweto, Cordiceps robertsii, or the ‘vegetable caterpillar’, after harvesting and before being burned for soot.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	aweto
释义	aweton. Brit. /əˈwɛtəʊ/, U.S. /əˈwɛdoʊ/, New Zealand English /ˈʌːweto/, /əˈwetʌu/ Forms: 1800s awato, 1800s hawhato, 1800s– aweto, 1900s– aweta, 1900s– awhato Brit. /əˈwatəʊ/, U.S. /əˈwædoʊ/, New Zealand English /ˈʌːfʌto/, /əˈwʌːtʌu/, 1900s– awheto. Origin: A borrowing from Maori. Etymon: Maori āwhato. Etymology: < Maori āwhato, āwheto any of various large caterpillars, including those affected by the Ophiocordyceps fungus. N.E.D. (1885) gives the pronunciation as (ăwĕⁱ·to, ăwī·to) /əˈweɪtəʊ/, /əˈwiːtəʊ/. A caterpillar of a New Zealand porina moth (genus Wiseana, family Hepialidae) that has been infected by the parasitic fungus Ophiocordyceps robertsii, which mummifies the insect below a covering of soil or leaf litter before sending up a slender fruiting body; also called vegetable caterpillar. In later use also: a caterpillar of the same family parasitized by the fungus O. sinensis, found in the highlands of central Asia and used in traditional medicine. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants used in dyeing > lichens or fungi used in dyeing > [noun] > others corkir1703 Canary weed1712 perelle1712 Canary moss1738 cudbear1767 aweto1845 Mauritius weed1858 velvet moss1858 1845 E. Meurant Diary 2 Oct. (typescript, Alexander Turnbull Libr., Wellington, N.Z.) 24 Mr. Shortland Capn Marlow and myself and a Maori Walked into a forrest to look for the Awato, or Otete (the large catipilar). 1865 W. Colenso Ess. Bot. N. Island N.Z. 37 The black pigment for the same operation [sc. tattooing] being obtained..also from the ashes of the curious vegeto-caterpillar fungus, the Hawhato (Cordiceps Robertsii). 1964 R. L. Bacon Along Road 29 The Maoris..called them awhato and ground them up for tattooing pigment. 1982 S. Fulder Tao of Medicine iii. 81 There is also aweto, a Tibetan medicine which is a caterpillar infested with a relative of ergot. 2007 N. Te Awekotuku Mau Moko i. 32 (caption) Aweto, Cordiceps robertsii, or the ‘vegetable caterpillar’, after harvesting and before being burned for soot. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1845
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