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单词 pinang
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pinangn.

Brit. /pᵻˈnaŋ/, U.S. /pəˈnæŋ/
Forms: 1600s benang, 1600s pinange, 1600s– pinang, 1600s 1800s penang.
Origin: A borrowing from Malay. Etymon: Malay pinang.
Etymology: < Malay pinang. Compare Dutch pinang (1696; earlier as †pinangh (1631–4)).
The areca palm, Areca catechu (also pinang tree, pinang palm); (also) the nut or fruit of this palm, the betel nut. Also attributive.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > palm trees > [noun] > areca palms
areca1588
faufel1594
drunken date1597
pinang1606
cabbage tree1661
betel-tree1681
mountain cabbage1681
cabbage palm1770
cabbage palmetto1802
betel palm1861
catechu palm1866
supari1904
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > yielding masticatory products > [noun] > areca palm, nut, or leaf
areca1588
faufel1594
drunken date1597
supari1598
pinang1606
betel nut1681
monkey-face1700
betel palm1861
catechu palm1866
1606 E. Scott Disc. East Indians sig. N2 They haue..also a Nutt called Pinange,..in operation very hott.
1613 J. Saris Jrnl. in Voy. (1900) 65 The place verye full of trees, and aboundance of Cokers, penang, Serye, palmetes, and foule.
1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 365 Their ordinary food..is Rice, Wheat, Pinange, Betele.
1771 J. R. Forster tr. P. Osbeck Voy. China I. 257 Pinang..is a fruit which looks like a nutmeg in the inside.
1839 T. J. Newbold Straits of Malacca ii. 49 Scattered over the island..appear groves of the tall and graceful Areca, or Pinang.
1869 A. R. Wallace Malay Archipel. I. xii. 280 The tall pinang-trees were climbed for the spicy betel nut.
1925 C. Wells Six Years in Malay Jungle xiii. 201 We came to a beautiful open space..completely covered with sparkling white sand and surrounded with coconut and pinang trees.
1959 F. A. Wagner Indonesia xii. 199 A special pattern is to be found on the pinang scissors with which hard pinang nuts, an ingredient of sirih quid, are cracked.
2000 New Straits Times (Malaysia) (Nexis) 27 Nov. (Heritage section) 2 On some days, she couldn't find the pinang, the next day, she couldn't find the kapur. It exhausted her.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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