quillayn.

Brit.

/kᵻˈlʌɪ/, U.S.

/kəˈlaɪ/

Forms: 1700s– quillay, 1800s cullay, 1800s– quillai.

Origin: A borrowing from Mapuche. Partly also a borrowing from French. Etymons: Mapuche quillai, cúllay; French quillay.

Etymology: < Mapuche quillai, quillay soapbark tree, also the bark of this tree (also formerly sometimes spelt cúllay; < quillcan to wash); originally via French quillay (1716 in the passage translated in quot. 1717; now quillai ). Compare Spanish quillay (1925 or earlier). Compare quillaia n.

The soapbark tree, Quillaja saponaria; (also) the saponin-rich bark of this tree. See quillaia n.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants yielding soap > [noun] > other plants yielding soap

soap-tree1666

shagbark1691

quillay1717

quillaia1846

soap-root1846

savonette1864

1717 tr. A. F. Frézier Voy. South-Sea ii. 118 The Quillay [Fr. Quillay] is a Tree, the Leaf whereof somewhat resembles that of the green Oak; its Bark ferments in Water like Soap, and is better for washing of Woollen Cloaths, but not for Linnen, which it makes yellow.

1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. xvii. 414 The pale evergreen Quillay tree, and..the great candlestick cactus.

1846 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom 564 Quillaia saponaria yields one of the barks called Quillai, used as a substitute for soap.

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 952/2 Q. Saponaria, the Quillai or Cullay of the Chilians, is a tree from fifty to sixty feet high.

1910 Nebraska State Jrnl. 4 Feb. 11/2 Where dandruff is excessive without soreness of the scalp quillai bark makes an excellent shampoo.

1956 Dict. Gardening (Royal Hort. Soc.) (ed. 2) IV. 1732/1 Q. Saponaria. Quillai; Soap Bark Tree; Soap Bush.

1975 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 62 477/1 A brief but intense period of xylem formation is maintained from late winter through midsummer. Both of the Californian oaks, the Chilean quillay (Quillaja saponaria), and the peumo (Cryptocarya alba) appear very similar in this respect.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	quillay
释义	quillayn. Brit. /kᵻˈlʌɪ/, U.S. /kəˈlaɪ/ Forms: 1700s– quillay, 1800s cullay, 1800s– quillai. Origin: A borrowing from Mapuche. Partly also a borrowing from French. Etymons: Mapuche quillai, cúllay; French quillay. Etymology: < Mapuche quillai, quillay soapbark tree, also the bark of this tree (also formerly sometimes spelt cúllay; < quillcan to wash); originally via French quillay (1716 in the passage translated in quot. 1717; now quillai ). Compare Spanish quillay (1925 or earlier). Compare quillaia n. The soapbark tree, Quillaja saponaria; (also) the saponin-rich bark of this tree. See quillaia n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants yielding soap > [noun] > other plants yielding soap soap-tree1666 shagbark1691 quillay1717 quillaia1846 soap-root1846 savonette1864 1717 tr. A. F. Frézier Voy. South-Sea ii. 118 The Quillay [Fr. Quillay] is a Tree, the Leaf whereof somewhat resembles that of the green Oak; its Bark ferments in Water like Soap, and is better for washing of Woollen Cloaths, but not for Linnen, which it makes yellow. 1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. xvii. 414 The pale evergreen Quillay tree, and..the great candlestick cactus. 1846 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom 564 Quillaia saponaria yields one of the barks called Quillai, used as a substitute for soap. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 952/2 Q. Saponaria, the Quillai or Cullay of the Chilians, is a tree from fifty to sixty feet high. 1910 Nebraska State Jrnl. 4 Feb. 11/2 Where dandruff is excessive without soreness of the scalp quillai bark makes an excellent shampoo. 1956 Dict. Gardening (Royal Hort. Soc.) (ed. 2) IV. 1732/1 Q. Saponaria. Quillai; Soap Bark Tree; Soap Bush. 1975 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 62 477/1 A brief but intense period of xylem formation is maintained from late winter through midsummer. Both of the Californian oaks, the Chilean quillay (Quillaja saponaria), and the peumo (Cryptocarya alba) appear very similar in this respect. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1717
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