otoban.

Brit.

/ɒˈtəʊbə/, U.S.

/ɑˈtoʊbə/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin otoba.

Etymology: < scientific Latin otoba, specific epithet of Myristica otoba (A. von Humboldt & A. Bonpland Synopsis Plantarum (1822–5) II. 78 t. 103). Compare later Otoba, genus name (H. Karsten Deutsche Flora (1880–3) 578).

otoba butter n. an almost colourless oil expressed from the seeds of a South American nutmeg tree, Otoba novagranatensis (formerly Myristica otoba) (family Myristicaceae); also otoba fat.

ΚΠ

1864 H. Watts tr. L. Gmelin Hand-bk. Chem. XVI. 395 Otoba-fat [Ger. Otobafett]. From the fruit of Myristica Otoba.—Nearly colourless, buttery, smells like nutmegs when fresh, disagreably when melted.

1890 Cent. Dict. Otoba-butter.

1921 Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. 43 199 A sample of otoba butter from Colombia..was recently submitted to this laboratory for examination.

1962 Chem. & Industry 270 The fat, called otoba butter, has long been used in Colombia for the treatment of skin diseases of domestic animals.

1989 Merck Index (ed. 11) 1091/1 Otobain... Isolated from the otoba fat of Dialeyanthera otoba.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	otoba
释义	otoban. Brit. /ɒˈtəʊbə/, U.S. /ɑˈtoʊbə/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin otoba. Etymology: < scientific Latin otoba, specific epithet of Myristica otoba (A. von Humboldt & A. Bonpland Synopsis Plantarum (1822–5) II. 78 t. 103). Compare later Otoba, genus name (H. Karsten Deutsche Flora (1880–3) 578). otoba butter n. an almost colourless oil expressed from the seeds of a South American nutmeg tree, Otoba novagranatensis (formerly Myristica otoba) (family Myristicaceae); also otoba fat. ΚΠ 1864 H. Watts tr. L. Gmelin Hand-bk. Chem. XVI. 395 Otoba-fat [Ger. Otobafett]. From the fruit of Myristica Otoba.—Nearly colourless, buttery, smells like nutmegs when fresh, disagreably when melted. 1890 Cent. Dict. Otoba-butter. 1921 Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. 43 199 A sample of otoba butter from Colombia..was recently submitted to this laboratory for examination. 1962 Chem. & Industry 270 The fat, called otoba butter, has long been used in Colombia for the treatment of skin diseases of domestic animals. 1989 Merck Index (ed. 11) 1091/1 Otobain... Isolated from the otoba fat of Dialeyanthera otoba. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1864
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