nux indican.

Brit.

/ˌnʌks ˈɪndᵻkə/, U.S.

/ˌnəks ˈɪndəkə/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin nux indica.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin nux indica kind of nut used for medicinal purposes (from early 13th cent. in British sources), coconut (1368 in a British source) < classical Latin nux nut (see nut n.¹) + indica , feminine of indicus Indic adj.¹ and n. Compare Italian noce d'India (early 14th cent.).

Now rare and historical.

A kind of nut imported from Asia (in later quots. probably a coconut).

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > edible nuts or nut-trees > [noun]

nux indicaa1398

Indian nut1613

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 236^v Þer is also many diuersite of note þat acordeþ to medicyne as nux musticata, nux indica, and nux uomyta and oþre suche.

?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 108 (MED) Nux indica is manyfoldly frend to iuncturez & to neruez afore oþer þyngz spryngyng of þe erþe.

?a1425 MS Hunterian 95 f. 196^v (MED) Nux indica, a grete note, and cuppes beþ made of þe schelle.

1582 S. Batman Vppon Bartholome, De Proprietatibus Rerum 641 Of late forth of the Indies hath bene brought diuers sorts of Nuts, whose natural properties are not perfectly knowen, as Nux Indica, Coccus.

1597 Table Valuation & Prices f. 8, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (at cited word) Inuarte custumes..nux indica the pund.

1926 Sci. Monthly 22 57/2 Marco Polo..was the first to give a detailed description of the coconut palm and its fruit, which he called nux indica, or Indian nut.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nux indica
释义	nux indican. Brit. /ˌnʌks ˈɪndᵻkə/, U.S. /ˌnəks ˈɪndəkə/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin nux indica. Etymology: < post-classical Latin nux indica kind of nut used for medicinal purposes (from early 13th cent. in British sources), coconut (1368 in a British source) < classical Latin nux nut (see nut n.¹) + indica , feminine of indicus Indic adj.¹ and n. Compare Italian noce d'India (early 14th cent.). Now rare and historical. A kind of nut imported from Asia (in later quots. probably a coconut). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > edible nuts or nut-trees > [noun] nux indicaa1398 Indian nut1613 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 236^v Þer is also many diuersite of note þat acordeþ to medicyne as nux musticata, nux indica, and nux uomyta and oþre suche. ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 108 (MED) Nux indica is manyfoldly frend to iuncturez & to neruez afore oþer þyngz spryngyng of þe erþe. ?a1425 MS Hunterian 95 f. 196^v (MED) Nux indica, a grete note, and cuppes beþ made of þe schelle. 1582 S. Batman Vppon Bartholome, De Proprietatibus Rerum 641 Of late forth of the Indies hath bene brought diuers sorts of Nuts, whose natural properties are not perfectly knowen, as Nux Indica, Coccus. 1597 Table Valuation & Prices f. 8, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (at cited word) Inuarte custumes..nux indica the pund. 1926 Sci. Monthly 22 57/2 Marco Polo..was the first to give a detailed description of the coconut palm and its fruit, which he called nux indica, or Indian nut. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1398
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