| 单词 | moriche palm |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmoriche palm Any of several palms of the genus Mauritia, native to Trinidad and northern South America; esp. the ita palm, M. flexuosa, valued as a source of fibre, timber, and wine. More fully moriche palm. Cf. Mauritia n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > palm trees > [noun] > palmetto trees or fan-palms palmite1555 palmetto1582 palmetto tree1582 talipot1681 tamarind-palmetto1698 Chamaerops1766 eta palm1769 cabbage palm tree1773 palmetto bush1784 swamp-cabbage1792 cabbage tree1796 saw palmetto1797 latania1799 hat palm1812 gebang1817 coco de mer?1820 itaa1832 cabbage palm1847 miriti1853 latania1856 moriche1860 broom-palm1866 ilala1868 licuala1872 fan-plant1884 tiger-grass1884 buri1890 latanier1929 Washingtonia1945 1860 M. Reid Odd People 72 It is usually captured by seines, made out of the fibres of the cocui aloe (agave cocuiza), or of cords obtained from the unexpanded leaflets of the moriche palm (Mauritia fluxuosa). 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 725/2 M. flexuosa, the Moriche or Ita Palm, is very abundant on the banks of the Amazon, Rio Negro, and Orinoco rivers. 1871 C. Kingsley At Last I. viii. 293 Sixty feet and more aloft, the short smooth columns of the Moriches towered around us. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XXVII. 990/1 One of the most remarkable palms of the Orinoco region is the ‘moriche’ (Mauritia flexuosa). The fruit is edible..the sap of the tree is made into wine, and its pith into bread; the leaves furnish an excellent thatch [etc.]. 1931 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 58 288 The sandy marsh farther east has scattered moriches and many interesting plants. 1994 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 23 Apr. 31 One of them [sc. Warao Indians]..invited us..into his house, which had been constructed from trunks of the moriche palm. < as lemmas |
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