| 单词 | mountain cabbage tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmountain cabbage tree mountain cabbage n. any tropical American cabbage palm (also mountain cabbage palm, mountain cabbage tree); (also) the edible bud of such a palm. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > palm trees > [noun] > areca palms areca1588 faufel1594 drunken date1597 pinang1606 cabbage tree1661 betel-tree1681 mountain cabbage1681 cabbage palm1770 cabbage palmetto1802 betel palm1861 catechu palm1866 supari1904 1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis ii. i. §1. 181 Part of the Trunk of a young Mountain Cabbige. ?1740 Importance Jamaica to Great-Brit. 54 The Cabbage Trees are of two sorts; the Mountain Cabbage Tree grows very high [etc.]. 1796 J. G. Stedman Narr. Exped. Surinam II. xvi. 23 A tree called the mountain-cabbage-tree, which is one of the palm species. 1852 C. W. Day Five Years Resid. W. Indies I. 199 We had a novelty at dinner, a mountain cabbage, so generally and so justly esteemed. 1913 W. Harris Fruits & Veg. Jamaica 26 Cabbage, Mountain,..the mountain cabbage palm is a native of Jamaica and the West Indies generally. 1996 M. Pendergast in D. C. Starzecka Maori Art & Culture v. 118 The related mountain cabbage tree, tōi (Cordyline indivisa), provides a very strong fibre. < as lemmas |
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