| 单词 | partridge cane |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspartridge cane partridge cane n. a walking stick made from the stem of a small Chinese palm, Rhapis excelsa; (also) the tree itself. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > woods of leguminous trees rosewood1660 partridge-wood1830 pyinkado1832 partridge cane1843 pheasant wood1852 koko1862 itaka-wood1866 queenwood1873 muninga1888 bubinga1912 sucupira1924 wenge1963 1843 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. I. 19 Some of the smallest palms are imported..for walking-sticks, under the names of partridge and Penang canes, etc. 1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. ii. iii. 685 Calamus.—Several walking-canes are obtained from species of this genus, as C. Zalacca, the Malacca cane... Partridge canes and Penang lawyers are the produce of undetermined species. 1924 C. Crampton Canework 9 Other walking stick canes are Whangee, Dragon Canes, Partridge Canes, etc. 1981 T. C. Whitmore in B. Hora Oxf. Encycl. Trees of World 259/3 Walking sticks are provided by Malacca cane (Calamus scipionum), the ornamental small lady palms of the genus Rhapis, for example the China or Partridge Cane (Rhapis excelsa), and Penang lawyers [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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