rohunan.

Brit.

/rəʊˈhʌnə/, U.S.

/ˌroʊˈhənə/

Forms: 1800s rohana, 1800s rohunna, 1800s– rohuna.

Origin: A borrowing from Sanskrit. Etymon: Sanskrit rohaṇa.

Etymology: < Sanskrit rohaṇa rohun n.

Now historical and rare.

More fully rohuna tree. The Indian tree Soymida febrifuga (family Meliaceae), whose bark was formerly used medicinally as a febrifuge (cf. rohun n.). Also: an alkaloid supposedly extracted from this bark (later identified as strychnine).

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1812 Asiatic Researches (London ed.) 11 181 The Swietenia Febrifuga is not a native of Bengal... I have been informed, however, that it was found, by the late Dr. Kennedy, on the hills to the southward of Chunar, where it was called, by the natives, Rohuna.]

1829 H. Piddington in Trans. Med. & Physical Soc. Calcutta 4 433 In continuation of my memoir, on the Bitter Principles of the India Febrifuge Plants, I beg to present to the Society a specimen of the crystallized sulphate of the Rohuna Bark.

1849 Edinb. New Philos. Jrnl. 46 87 The mahogany, satinwood, Rohunna and Chittagong wood all belong to the same natural family, Cedrelaceæ, affording very valuable timber.

1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. ii. iii. 592 The febrifuge bark of Soymida febrifuga, the Rohuna tree.

1905 H. W. Felter & J. U. Lloyd King's Amer. Dispensatory (ed. 19) I. 318 Soymida febrifuga..is the Rohuna or Rohun tree of Hindustan, and is known on the Coromandel coast of India as Redwood tree.

2008 J. Buckingham Bitter Nemesis v. 61 About this man [sc. Piddington] little is known except that he isolated what he thought was a new alkaloid, which he called ‘Rohuna’, from a sample of what he thought was rohun bark.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rohuna
释义	rohunan. Brit. /rəʊˈhʌnə/, U.S. /ˌroʊˈhənə/ Forms: 1800s rohana, 1800s rohunna, 1800s– rohuna. Origin: A borrowing from Sanskrit. Etymon: Sanskrit rohaṇa. Etymology: < Sanskrit rohaṇa rohun n. Now historical and rare. More fully rohuna tree. The Indian tree Soymida febrifuga (family Meliaceae), whose bark was formerly used medicinally as a febrifuge (cf. rohun n.). Also: an alkaloid supposedly extracted from this bark (later identified as strychnine). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > medicinal trees or shrubs > [noun] > non-British medicinal trees or shrubs > other non-British medicinal trees or shrubs snake-wood1598 velvet-leaf1707 macary bittera1726 majoa1726 ahuehuete1778 cucumber-tree1784 bilimbi1790 rohuna1829 chaulmoogra1832 juriballi1834 horse-cassia1864 yaw-weed1864 cundurango1871 Chile senna1874 cancer bush1888 quinine tree1905 kankerbos1913 hydnocarpus1928 1812 Asiatic Researches (London ed.) 11 181 The Swietenia Febrifuga is not a native of Bengal... I have been informed, however, that it was found, by the late Dr. Kennedy, on the hills to the southward of Chunar, where it was called, by the natives, Rohuna.] 1829 H. Piddington in Trans. Med. & Physical Soc. Calcutta 4 433 In continuation of my memoir, on the Bitter Principles of the India Febrifuge Plants, I beg to present to the Society a specimen of the crystallized sulphate of the Rohuna Bark. 1849 Edinb. New Philos. Jrnl. 46 87 The mahogany, satinwood, Rohunna and Chittagong wood all belong to the same natural family, Cedrelaceæ, affording very valuable timber. 1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. ii. iii. 592 The febrifuge bark of Soymida febrifuga, the Rohuna tree. 1905 H. W. Felter & J. U. Lloyd King's Amer. Dispensatory (ed. 19) I. 318 Soymida febrifuga..is the Rohuna or Rohun tree of Hindustan, and is known on the Coromandel coast of India as Redwood tree. 2008 J. Buckingham Bitter Nemesis v. 61 About this man [sc. Piddington] little is known except that he isolated what he thought was a new alkaloid, which he called ‘Rohuna’, from a sample of what he thought was rohun bark. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1829
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