† mauzn.

Forms: 1600s mauze, 1700s mauz.

Origin: A borrowing from Arabic. Etymon: Arabic mawz.

Etymology: < Arabic mawz (collective noun) banana, plantain. Compare musa n.¹, muse n.⁴In early Arabic sources it is difficult to tell which plant is being referred to; compare A. M. Watson Agric. Innovation in Early Islamic World (1983), chapter viii.

Obsolete.

The banana plant or plantain, Musa paradisiaca.

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1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis ii. 223 The Spike or Head of the Ægyptian Mauze.

1728 R. Bradley Dict. Botanicum (at cited word) Mauz, i.e. Musa, Machinus, & Machinum, i.e. Zingiber fuscum.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Mauz, a name used by some authors for the musa, or plantain-tree.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	mauz
释义	† mauzn. Forms: 1600s mauze, 1700s mauz. Origin: A borrowing from Arabic. Etymon: Arabic mawz. Etymology: < Arabic mawz (collective noun) banana, plantain. Compare musa n.¹, muse n.⁴In early Arabic sources it is difficult to tell which plant is being referred to; compare A. M. Watson Agric. Innovation in Early Islamic World (1983), chapter viii. Obsolete. The banana plant or plantain, Musa paradisiaca. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tropical or exotic fruit-tree or -plant > banana tree > plantain tree platano1555 tree of Paradise1567 plantain tree1582 plantain1585 rose plantain1597 plane1604 mauz1681 Moko1911 1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis ii. 223 The Spike or Head of the Ægyptian Mauze. 1728 R. Bradley Dict. Botanicum (at cited word) Mauz, i.e. Musa, Machinus, & Machinum, i.e. Zingiber fuscum. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Mauz, a name used by some authors for the musa, or plantain-tree. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1681
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