mucka-muckan.

Brit.

/ˈmʌkəˌmʌkə/, U.S.

/ˈməkəˌməkə/, Caribbean English

/ˈmʌkaˌmʌka/

Forms: 1700s mucco-mucco, 1700s muccomucco, 1800s moca-moca, 1800s mocamoca, 1800s mocco-mocco, 1900s– moco-moco, 1900s– mocomoco, 1900s– moka-moka, 1900s– mucca-mucca, 1900s– mucka-mucka.

Origin: A borrowing from Galibi. Etymon: Galibi mu:kumu:ku.

Etymology: < Galibi mu:kumu:ku.

A tall aroid plant, Montrichardia arborescens, of Guyana and other parts of tropical America.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Araceae (wake-robin and allies) > [noun]

dragonsc1000

cuckoo-pintlea1400

yekestersea1400

aaron?c1425

calf's-footc1450

cuckoo-spitc1450

rampa1500

priest's hood1526

wake-robin1530

green dragon1538

arum1551

cuckoo-pint1551

dragonwort1565

priest's pintle1578

tarragon1591

starch root1596

friar's cowl1597

friar's-hood1597

starchwort1597

dragon serpentine1598

dragon's-herb1600

small dragonwort1674

dumb cane1696

skunk weed1735

polecat weed1743

lords and ladies1755

mucka-mucka1769

skunk cabbage1778

bloody man's finger1787

green dragon1789

swamp-cabbage1792

priest in the pulpit1837

orontiad1846

arad1853

cows and calves1853

bulls and cows1863

skunk cabbage1869

aroid1876

Adam and Eve1877

stallion1878

cunjevoi1889

the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Araceae (wake-robin and allies) > [adjective]

mucka-mucka1769

aroideous1830

1769 E. Bancroft Ess. Nat. Hist. Guiana 104 The Muccomucco always grows in water... It usually grows eight or ten feet in height and is jointed every few inches.

1825 C. Waterton Wanderings in S. Amer. (1882) 25 The mocamoca trees on the banks of the Demerara.

1836 R. H. Schomburgk Jrnl. 6 Dec. in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. (1837) 7 307 It [sc. the river Berbice] became very winding..and being narrowed in on either side with patches of long coarse grass..and Mocco-moccos (Caladium arborescens) it appeared as if there were no outlet.

1855 H. G. Dalton Hist. Brit. Guiana II. 201 Mocco-mocco, Arum arborescens.

1901 A. H. Keane Central & S. Amer. II. 441 The large leaved Mocomoco.

1903 G. W. Des Voeux Colonial Service I. 26 Moka-moka a tall arum with bare stalks.

1911 C. Livingston Bull Under Roof of Jungle 93 The island..was little more than a long mud-bank covered with mangroves and mucca-mucca, with a few courida trees along the edge.

1918 C. W. Beebe Jungle Peace (1919) vi. 123 Mucka-mucka was here and there in the foreground.

1958 J. Carew Black Midas iii. 35 The weeds, the wild cane, the lilies, the mucka-mucka were all still under the burning sun.

1986 B. Gilroy Frangipani House iv. 18 Ben Le Cage did come roun' once or twice but he is like mucka-mucka. He make you scratch yourself morning, noon and night with worry.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mucka-mucka
释义	mucka-muckan. Brit. /ˈmʌkəˌmʌkə/, U.S. /ˈməkəˌməkə/, Caribbean English /ˈmʌkaˌmʌka/ Forms: 1700s mucco-mucco, 1700s muccomucco, 1800s moca-moca, 1800s mocamoca, 1800s mocco-mocco, 1900s– moco-moco, 1900s– mocomoco, 1900s– moka-moka, 1900s– mucca-mucca, 1900s– mucka-mucka. Origin: A borrowing from Galibi. Etymon: Galibi mu:kumu:ku. Etymology: < Galibi mu:kumu:ku. A tall aroid plant, Montrichardia arborescens, of Guyana and other parts of tropical America. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Araceae (wake-robin and allies) > [noun] dragonsc1000 cuckoo-pintlea1400 yekestersea1400 aaron?c1425 calf's-footc1450 cuckoo-spitc1450 rampa1500 priest's hood1526 wake-robin1530 green dragon1538 arum1551 cuckoo-pint1551 dragonwort1565 priest's pintle1578 tarragon1591 starch root1596 friar's cowl1597 friar's-hood1597 starchwort1597 dragon serpentine1598 dragon's-herb1600 small dragonwort1674 dumb cane1696 skunk weed1735 polecat weed1743 lords and ladies1755 mucka-mucka1769 skunk cabbage1778 bloody man's finger1787 green dragon1789 swamp-cabbage1792 priest in the pulpit1837 orontiad1846 arad1853 cows and calves1853 bulls and cows1863 skunk cabbage1869 aroid1876 Adam and Eve1877 stallion1878 cunjevoi1889 the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Araceae (wake-robin and allies) > [adjective] mucka-mucka1769 aroideous1830 1769 E. Bancroft Ess. Nat. Hist. Guiana 104 The Muccomucco always grows in water... It usually grows eight or ten feet in height and is jointed every few inches. 1825 C. Waterton Wanderings in S. Amer. (1882) 25 The mocamoca trees on the banks of the Demerara. 1836 R. H. Schomburgk Jrnl. 6 Dec. in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. (1837) 7 307 It [sc. the river Berbice] became very winding..and being narrowed in on either side with patches of long coarse grass..and Mocco-moccos (Caladium arborescens) it appeared as if there were no outlet. 1855 H. G. Dalton Hist. Brit. Guiana II. 201 Mocco-mocco, Arum arborescens. 1901 A. H. Keane Central & S. Amer. II. 441 The large leaved Mocomoco. 1903 G. W. Des Voeux Colonial Service I. 26 Moka-moka a tall arum with bare stalks. 1911 C. Livingston Bull Under Roof of Jungle 93 The island..was little more than a long mud-bank covered with mangroves and mucca-mucca, with a few courida trees along the edge. 1918 C. W. Beebe Jungle Peace (1919) vi. 123 Mucka-mucka was here and there in the foreground. 1958 J. Carew Black Midas iii. 35 The weeds, the wild cane, the lilies, the mucka-mucka were all still under the burning sun. 1986 B. Gilroy Frangipani House iv. 18 Ben Le Cage did come roun' once or twice but he is like mucka-mucka. He make you scratch yourself morning, noon and night with worry. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1769
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