ramonn.

Brit.

/rəˈmɒn/,

/raˈmɒn/, U.S.

/rəˈmoʊn/

Forms:

α. 1700s– ramoon.

β. 1800s– ramon, 1900s– ramón.

Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish ramón.

Etymology: < American Spanish ramón, specific use of Spanish ramón small branch or twig, especially used as fodder for livestock (1495) < ramo branch (see rame n.¹) + -ón -oon suffix.

More fully ramon tree: any of several tropical American trees of the family Moraceae that have foliage and twigs used as fodder for livestock, esp. Trophis racemosa and Brosimum alicastrum. Also: the harvested foliage and twigs of such a tree.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fodder plants > [noun] > trees or shrubs used for fodder

ramon tree?1740

sweetleaf1836

horse-sugar1864

old man saltbush1866

cattle-bush1889

the world > food and drink > food > animal food > [noun] > fodder > plants used as fodder

bullimong1313

podder1468

tare1482

greens1607

lucerne1652

esperate1659

esparcet1669

tare-thistle1753

buckwheat1776

mangel-wurzel1787

mangold1848

sacate1848

sacaton1865

mangel-wurzel potato1875

mutter1875

ramon1885

cattle-bush1889

manna1897

beech-wheat-

?1740 Importance Jamaica to Great-Brit. 54 The Ramoon Tree Leaves are Food for their Horses, and fattens them.

1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 357 The Ramoon Tree... The leaves and tops of this tree make an agreeable wholesome fodder for all sorts of cattle.

1826 C. R. Williams Tour Island Jamaica 40 In cases of drought, the cattle are fed with the leaves of the bread-nut tree and the ramoon.

1843 Penny Cycl. XXV. 302/2 T. americana, the Ramoon-tree, is twenty feet high... The drupes are about the size of grapes, and have a pleasant flavour.

1885 Harper's Mag. Feb. 374/2 Some look like walking bushes as they go half buried under a load of ramon. (The ramon-tree serves as fodder for horses.)

1944 Valley Morning Star (Harlingen, Texas) 11 June 5/2 The Ramon tree is exceptionally useful, for the small branches and leaves are cut off and fed to the cows and livestock.

1976 P. O'Donnell Last Day in Limbo xii. 189 The fallen ramón..the massive tree-trunk five feet in diameter.

1984 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 81 4856 An early Holocene temperate forest preceded a mesic tropical forest with Brosimum (ramon).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ramon
释义	ramonn. Brit. /rəˈmɒn/, /raˈmɒn/, U.S. /rəˈmoʊn/ Forms: α. 1700s– ramoon. β. 1800s– ramon, 1900s– ramón. Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish ramón. Etymology: < American Spanish ramón, specific use of Spanish ramón small branch or twig, especially used as fodder for livestock (1495) < ramo branch (see rame n.¹) + -ón -oon suffix. More fully ramon tree: any of several tropical American trees of the family Moraceae that have foliage and twigs used as fodder for livestock, esp. Trophis racemosa and Brosimum alicastrum. Also: the harvested foliage and twigs of such a tree. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fodder plants > [noun] > trees or shrubs used for fodder ramon tree?1740 sweetleaf1836 horse-sugar1864 old man saltbush1866 cattle-bush1889 the world > food and drink > food > animal food > [noun] > fodder > plants used as fodder bullimong1313 podder1468 tare1482 greens1607 lucerne1652 esperate1659 esparcet1669 tare-thistle1753 buckwheat1776 mangel-wurzel1787 mangold1848 sacate1848 sacaton1865 mangel-wurzel potato1875 mutter1875 ramon1885 cattle-bush1889 manna1897 beech-wheat- ?1740 Importance Jamaica to Great-Brit. 54 The Ramoon Tree Leaves are Food for their Horses, and fattens them. 1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 357 The Ramoon Tree... The leaves and tops of this tree make an agreeable wholesome fodder for all sorts of cattle. 1826 C. R. Williams Tour Island Jamaica 40 In cases of drought, the cattle are fed with the leaves of the bread-nut tree and the ramoon. 1843 Penny Cycl. XXV. 302/2 T. americana, the Ramoon-tree, is twenty feet high... The drupes are about the size of grapes, and have a pleasant flavour. 1885 Harper's Mag. Feb. 374/2 Some look like walking bushes as they go half buried under a load of ramon. (The ramon-tree serves as fodder for horses.) 1944 Valley Morning Star (Harlingen, Texas) 11 June 5/2 The Ramon tree is exceptionally useful, for the small branches and leaves are cut off and fed to the cows and livestock. 1976 P. O'Donnell Last Day in Limbo xii. 189 The fallen ramón..the massive tree-trunk five feet in diameter. 1984 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 81 4856 An early Holocene temperate forest preceded a mesic tropical forest with Brosimum (ramon). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?1740
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