parakeelyan.

Brit.

/parəˈkiːljə/, U.S.

/ˌpɛrəˈkiljə/, Australian English

/pærəˈkiːljə/

Forms: 1800s– parakeelia, 1800s– parakylia, 1900s– parakeelya, 1900s– parakelia, 1900s– parakilja, 1900s– parrakeelya.

Origin: A borrowing from Guyani. Etymon: Guyani barrgilya.

Etymology: < Guyani (Lake Torrens region) and surrounding Australian Aboriginal languages of South Australia barrgilya.

Australian.

Any of various succulent plants of the family Portulacaceae and esp. of the genus Calandrinia, native to arid inland Australia; esp. Calandrinia balonensis and C. polyandra. Frequently attributive.The leaves of this plant are traditionally eaten to quench thirst, and its seeds are ground into a paste to be cooked or eaten raw.

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1885 Adelaide Observer 22 Aug. 10 Pigface and parakylia abound.

1898 D. W. Carnegie Spinifex & Sand vii. 216 Given ‘parakeelia’ every second night or so a camel would never want to drink at all.

1921 Trans. Royal Soc. S. Austral. 45 11 The common parakeelya at Tarcoola..appears to be this species [sc. Calandrinia polyandra].

1931 I. L. Idriess Lasseter's Last Ride xii. 99 The secret was in the Parakelia grass. In appearance something like ice-plant, its thick leaves were stored with water.

1944 F. Clune Red Heart 36 Crushed parakelia weed, broken mulga bough..—it was by signs such as these that the trackers deduced the course of the wayfarer.

1972 Y. Lovelock Veg. Bk. i. 193 The aborigines bake the succulent leaves of the parakilja..with bark as a food; the plant was once eaten by the early settlers.

1978 K. Willey Joe Brown's Dog 6 A drink of water at considerable intervals and a feed of parrakeelya or some of the other desert herbages, and a camel would go anywhere.

2002 Sunday Tasmanian (Nexis) 14 July t24 After a downpour, the Simpson blossoms with poached egg and paper daisies, bluebells and the purple parakeelya.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	parakeelya
释义	parakeelyan. Brit. /parəˈkiːljə/, U.S. /ˌpɛrəˈkiljə/, Australian English /pærəˈkiːljə/ Forms: 1800s– parakeelia, 1800s– parakylia, 1900s– parakeelya, 1900s– parakelia, 1900s– parakilja, 1900s– parrakeelya. Origin: A borrowing from Guyani. Etymon: Guyani barrgilya. Etymology: < Guyani (Lake Torrens region) and surrounding Australian Aboriginal languages of South Australia barrgilya. Australian. Any of various succulent plants of the family Portulacaceae and esp. of the genus Calandrinia, native to arid inland Australia; esp. Calandrinia balonensis and C. polyandra. Frequently attributive.The leaves of this plant are traditionally eaten to quench thirst, and its seeds are ground into a paste to be cooked or eaten raw. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > non-British plants or herbs > [noun] > tropical > other tropical plants Peperomia1837 pepperweed1871 parakeelya1885 colea1927 the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > non-British plants or herbs > [adjective] > of particular plants turneraceous1895 parakeelya1931 1885 Adelaide Observer 22 Aug. 10 Pigface and parakylia abound. 1898 D. W. Carnegie Spinifex & Sand vii. 216 Given ‘parakeelia’ every second night or so a camel would never want to drink at all. 1921 Trans. Royal Soc. S. Austral. 45 11 The common parakeelya at Tarcoola..appears to be this species [sc. Calandrinia polyandra]. 1931 I. L. Idriess Lasseter's Last Ride xii. 99 The secret was in the Parakelia grass. In appearance something like ice-plant, its thick leaves were stored with water. 1944 F. Clune Red Heart 36 Crushed parakelia weed, broken mulga bough..—it was by signs such as these that the trackers deduced the course of the wayfarer. 1972 Y. Lovelock Veg. Bk. i. 193 The aborigines bake the succulent leaves of the parakilja..with bark as a food; the plant was once eaten by the early settlers. 1978 K. Willey Joe Brown's Dog 6 A drink of water at considerable intervals and a feed of parrakeelya or some of the other desert herbages, and a camel would go anywhere. 2002 Sunday Tasmanian (Nexis) 14 July t24 After a downpour, the Simpson blossoms with poached egg and paper daisies, bluebells and the purple parakeelya. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1885
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