pouin.

Brit.

/ˈpuːi/, U.S.

/ˈpui/, Caribbean English

/ˈpuːi/

Forms: 1800s pouie, 1800s– poui, 1900s– pui.

Origin: Of unknown origin.

Etymology: Origin unknown; < a Caribbean or South American Indian language, probably via Spanish or French.

Caribbean.

Any of several tropical American trees of the genus Tabebuia (family Bignoniaceae) with showy, trumpet-shaped flowers in terminal clusters (also poui tree). Also: the wood of any of these trees. Cf. pony n.²pink, yellow poui: see the first element.The poui blooms are traditionally said to herald the start of the rainy season.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [noun] > of South America or West Indies

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1838 E. L. Joseph Hist. Trinidad xi. 79 The Pouie..is a most splendid and useful tree..at particular seasons of the year..it sheds its leaves and is covered with blossoms of the brightest and most dazzling topaz colour.

1861 W. G. Sewell Ordeal Free Labor in Brit. W. Indies xi. 100 Here [sc. in Trinidad] will be a hill-side smothered in the golden blossoms of the poui; there another, covered with the orange flowers of the roble.

1871 C. Kingsley At Last I. v. 171 The rope-dancing which goes on in the boughs of the Poui tree.

1924 S. J. Record & C. D. Mell Timbers Trop. Amer. ii. 541 The ‘pui’ or ‘poui’..is one of the best known timbers of Trinidad.

1952 S. Selvon Brighter Sun i. 5 In April..pouis blossomed and keskidees sang for rain.

1968 K. S. La Fortune Legend of T-Marie x. 41 There were Poui trees with their yellow petals forming rings of gold.

2000 P. Moredecai Once on Shores of Stream Senegambia in N. Hopkinson Whispers from Cotton Tree Root 173 And I sort-of-see trees—coconut, poui, jacaranda.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	poui
释义	pouin. Brit. /ˈpuːi/, U.S. /ˈpui/, Caribbean English /ˈpuːi/ Forms: 1800s pouie, 1800s– poui, 1900s– pui. Origin: Of unknown origin. Etymology: Origin unknown; < a Caribbean or South American Indian language, probably via Spanish or French. Caribbean. Any of several tropical American trees of the genus Tabebuia (family Bignoniaceae) with showy, trumpet-shaped flowers in terminal clusters (also poui tree). Also: the wood of any of these trees. Cf. pony n.²pink, yellow poui: see the first element.The poui blooms are traditionally said to herald the start of the rainy season. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [noun] > of South America or West Indies sweetwood1607 mastic1657 acajou1666 bastard locust tree1670 bastard locust tree1670 alligator wood1696 muskwood1696 lancewood1697 rodwood1716 cog-wood1725 soapwood1733 down tree?1740 pigeon plum1743 break-axe tree1756 horse-wood1756 loblolly whitewood1756 Spanish elm1756 trumpet-tree1756 ahuehuete1778 ocote1787 locust tree1795 Madeira wood1796 peroba1813 roble1814 louro1816 cecropia1824 purple heart1825 wallaba1825 trumpet-wood1836 gumbo-limbo1837 poui1838 quebracho1839 snake-wood1843 yacca1843 horseflesh wood1851 necklace tree1858 Honduras rosewood1860 turanira1862 softwood1864 wattle-wood1864 balsa tree1866 primavera1871 rauli1874 lemon-wood1879 wheel-tree1882 Spanish stopper1883 gurgeon-stopper1884 pinkwood-tree1884 stopper1884 sloth-tree1885 imbaubaa1893 Spanish cedar1907 amarant1909 Parana pine1916 imbuya1919 mastic-bully1920 banak1921 timbo1924 becuiba1934 1838 E. L. Joseph Hist. Trinidad xi. 79 The Pouie..is a most splendid and useful tree..at particular seasons of the year..it sheds its leaves and is covered with blossoms of the brightest and most dazzling topaz colour. 1861 W. G. Sewell Ordeal Free Labor in Brit. W. Indies xi. 100 Here [sc. in Trinidad] will be a hill-side smothered in the golden blossoms of the poui; there another, covered with the orange flowers of the roble. 1871 C. Kingsley At Last I. v. 171 The rope-dancing which goes on in the boughs of the Poui tree. 1924 S. J. Record & C. D. Mell Timbers Trop. Amer. ii. 541 The ‘pui’ or ‘poui’..is one of the best known timbers of Trinidad. 1952 S. Selvon Brighter Sun i. 5 In April..pouis blossomed and keskidees sang for rain. 1968 K. S. La Fortune Legend of T-Marie x. 41 There were Poui trees with their yellow petals forming rings of gold. 2000 P. Moredecai Once on Shores of Stream Senegambia in N. Hopkinson Whispers from Cotton Tree Root 173 And I sort-of-see trees—coconut, poui, jacaranda. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1838
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