palayn.1
/ˈpɑːleɪ/, /pəˈleɪ/, U.S. /ˈpɑˌleɪ/, /pəˈleɪ/ The African rubber vine Cryptostegia grandiflora (family Asclepiadaceae), a woody twining plant containing a milky latex, widely cultivated in the tropics and a serious weed in northern Australia. More fully palay rubber and palay rubber vine.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular tree or plant yielding useful gum or resin > rubber trees or plants > [noun]
milk-bush1696
hule1846
seringa1847
seringue1850
jintawan1851
gutta-percha1860
taban1861
melkbos1862
rubber plant1863
palay1866
Honduras rubber1870
hevea1878
tunu1883
black rubber vine1887
guayule1906
kok-saghyz1932
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants used in dyeing > [noun] > indigo-plant or shrub
nil1583
indigo1600
anil1712
indigo-plant1758
palay1866
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 836 Palay, an Indian name for Cryptostegia grandiflora.
1911 India Rubber Jrnl. 41 1156 (title) On the occurrence of palay rubber (Cryptostegia grandiflora R. Br.) in Mexico.
1944 Jrnl. Econ. Entomol. 3 100 (title) Insects associated with the Palay rubber vine in Haiti.
1995 Palm Beach (Florida) Post (Nexis) 25 June 1H (caption) Palay rubber vine has beautiful purple flowers but needs to be pruned or removed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
palayn.2
/ˈpalʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈpælaɪ/, Philippine English /ˈpɑˌlɑɪ/ Philippine English.
Rice that has not been husked.
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the world > food and drink > food > corn, cereals, or grain > [noun] > rice > types of
white rice1614
rough rice1735
wild rice1748
Carolina rice1787
Patna rice1795
rough1837
basmati1845
small1882
palay1889
brown rice1916
arborio1951
1889 Manufacturer & Inventor 15 Jan. 17/2 The agriculture of the province is fairly developed,..the principal products being palay, maize,..and vegetables of different kinds.
1945 Waterloo (Iowa) Daily Courier 13 Mar. 1/2 Been starved to death. Last few days before release only palay and weeds to eat.
1975 Ames (Iowa) Daily Tribune 11 Dec. 4/1 She buys freshly harvested palay, dries it, mills it, and sells the milled rice to retailers.
1988 N. Joaquin Culture & Hist. vii. 114 For the beatas' sewing and embroidery work, the beaterio was given 25 pesos a month and 100 cavans of palay a year.
2010 A. L. Peterson My Mem. 10 At the end of the long, exhausting day, our reward was all the palay (unprocessed rice) that we could carry on our heads.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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