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单词 puha
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puhan.

Brit. /ˈpuːhɑː/, U.S. /ˈpuˌ(h)ɑ/, New Zealand English /ˈpuːhʌː/
Forms: 1800s pua, 1800s puwa, 1800s– puha, 1800s– puwha, 1900s– puhe.
Origin: A borrowing from Maori. Etymon: Maori pūhā.
Etymology: < Maori pūhā (also as pūwhā: 1815 or earlier as poowha, 1820 or earlier as púa).
New Zealand.
Any of several kinds of sowthistle (genus Sonchus), introduced Eurasian weeds used as a vegetable by the Maoris; spec. prickly sowthistle, S. asper, sometimes regarded as a native New Zealand plant (contrasted with rauriki, the introduced smooth sowthistle, S. oleraceus).
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > weed > [noun] > sow thistle
thowthistlea700
sow-thistlea1250
swine thistlea1350
milk thistlec1450
Saint Mary's seeda1500
Sonchus1558
hare's lettuce1597
smooth thistle1633
milkweed1736
tare-thistle1753
cow-thistle1832
puha1843
rauriki1848
the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > leaf vegetables > [noun] > other leaves
nettle top?1585
lettuce1597
green food1658
peppergrass1696
Welsh onion1731
lamb's quarter1773
Shawnee salad1780
puha1843
poke greens1848
rauriki1848
swede greens1887
swede tops1887
lettuce green1900
leafy greena1918
rapini1959
1843 E. Dieffenbach Trav. N.Z. II. iii. 380 Pua—a sowthistle.
1868 W. Colenso in Trans. & Proc. N.Z. Inst. 1868 (1869) 1 iii. 37 The fresh gum-resin from the Kauri..was commonly chewed as a masticatory..mixed with the inspissated juice of the Puwha, or Sow-thistle.
1905 W. Baucke Where White Man Treads 177 All was ready for the contents of the haangi—pork, puha, and potatoes.
1963 N.Z. Listener 3 May 5/4 Around in the rank growth, the puha and rariki grew, despised by the Pakeha but loved by the true Maori.
1994 New Scientist 16 Apr. 54/4 Very tasty with a bit of puha, and better than muttonbird any day.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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