pimploen.

Brit.

/ˈpɪmpləʊ/, U.S.

/ˈpɪmˌploʊ/, Caribbean English

/ˈpɪmploː/

Forms:

α. 1600s 1800s pinpillow.

β. 1700s pimpillo, 1700s– pimploe, 1800s pimplo, 1900s– plimploe.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: pin-pillow n.

Etymology: < pin-pillow n., so called on account of the plant’s appearance.The β. forms show contraction and consonantal assimilation.

Chiefly Caribbean.

= prickly pear n. Cf. pimpler n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tropical or exotic fruit-tree or -plant > prickly pear plants

tuna1555

Opuntia1601

prickled pear1610

prickle pear1610

prickpear1622

Indian fig1631

prickly pear1696

pimploe1698

pear1805

1698 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 20 35 Ficus Indica s. Opuntia... The Pin-pillow.

1750 G. Hughes Nat. Hist. Barbados 26 By the force of the wind..thrown into a prickly Pimploe hedge.

1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 322 Pimpillo, Cactus.

1808 J. Poyer Hist. Barbados iii. 102 The pitiless storm..blew them from their bridal chamber; and, with relentless fury, lodged them in a pimploe hedge.

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 892/1 Pin-pillow, Opuntia curassavica.

1889 J. S. Farmer Americanisms Pimplo, a Barbadian term for the prickly pear..a corruption of ‘pin-pillow’.

1994 B. Heydorn Walk Good Guyana Boy xxvii. 166 The hair on his legs sprouting out like a dense growth of plimploe bush on a vine.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pimploe
释义	pimploen. Brit. /ˈpɪmpləʊ/, U.S. /ˈpɪmˌploʊ/, Caribbean English /ˈpɪmploː/ Forms: α. 1600s 1800s pinpillow. β. 1700s pimpillo, 1700s– pimploe, 1800s pimplo, 1900s– plimploe. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: pin-pillow n. Etymology: < pin-pillow n., so called on account of the plant’s appearance.The β. forms show contraction and consonantal assimilation. Chiefly Caribbean. = prickly pear n. Cf. pimpler n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tropical or exotic fruit-tree or -plant > prickly pear plants tuna1555 Opuntia1601 prickled pear1610 prickle pear1610 prickpear1622 Indian fig1631 prickly pear1696 pimploe1698 pear1805 1698 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 20 35 Ficus Indica s. Opuntia... The Pin-pillow. 1750 G. Hughes Nat. Hist. Barbados 26 By the force of the wind..thrown into a prickly Pimploe hedge. 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 322 Pimpillo, Cactus. 1808 J. Poyer Hist. Barbados iii. 102 The pitiless storm..blew them from their bridal chamber; and, with relentless fury, lodged them in a pimploe hedge. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 892/1 Pin-pillow, Opuntia curassavica. 1889 J. S. Farmer Americanisms Pimplo, a Barbadian term for the prickly pear..a corruption of ‘pin-pillow’. 1994 B. Heydorn Walk Good Guyana Boy xxvii. 166 The hair on his legs sprouting out like a dense growth of plimploe bush on a vine. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1698
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