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单词 mokimoki
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mokimokin.

Brit. /ˈmɒkɪmɒki/, U.S. /ˈmɑkiˌmɑki/, New Zealand English /ˈmokimoki/, /ˈmɒkɪmɒki/
Origin: A borrowing from Maori. Etymon: Maori mokimoki.
Etymology: < Maori mokimoki (1820 as Móki móki in S. Lee & T. Kendall Gram. & Vocab. Lang. N.Z.).The unreduplicated form moki is also occasionally found in N.Z. English.
New Zealand.
Either of two New Zealand ferns:
a. The fragrant fern, Phymatosorus scandens (family Polypodiaceae), which was formerly used by the Maori for scenting oil and is also found in Australia.
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1844 J. B. Williams N.Z. Jrnl. (1956) 110 Mokimoki a species of fern grows profusely on trees, near streams or moist places, it is a pretty little fern.
c1920 J. H. Beattie Trad. Lifeways Southern Maori (1994) 480 The mokimoki is a sort of fern which has a pleasant scent... Its fine tendrils or leaves are boiled in..woodhen oil..as a perfume.
1946 Jrnl. Polynesian Soc. 55 154 Mokimoki or moki, a fern (Polypodium pustulatum), used by the Maori for scenting oil, and highly valued for this purpose.
1989 P. J. Brownsey & J. C. Smith-Dodsworth N.Z. Ferns & Allied Plants 65 Phymatosorus scandens..Fragrant fern, Mokimoki.
b. The endemic Doodia mollis (family Blechnaceae).
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1907 R. M. Laing & E. W. Blackwell Plants N.Z. (ed. 2) 322 The gum of the taramea was collected at early dawn; and with it were mixed the fronds of moki-moki (the fern Doodia caudata) and of the piri-piri.
1963 M. Crookes & H. B. Dobbie N.Z. Ferns (ed. 6) 310 D[oodia] caudata (tailed). ‘Moki-moki’. A smaller plant than D. media.
1989 P. J. Brownsey & J. C. Smith-Dodsworth N.Z. Ferns & Allied Plants 152 Doodia mollis Parris... Doodia caudata sensu Allan (1961)... Mokimoki.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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