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单词 sirih
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sirihn.

/ˈsɪəri/
Forms: Also seri, sireh, siri.
Etymology: < Malay sīrih.
Botany.
a. A trailing tropical shrub, Piper betle, of the family Piperaceæ, native to Indonesia, where the pungent leaves are chewed with areca nuts; also, the leaves of the shrub; = betel n. 1.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > yielding masticatory products > [noun] > betel plant
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1779 T. Forrest Voy. New Guinea vi. 75 The Malays call the betel leaf, Ciry.
1783 W. Marsden Hist. Sumatra 74 The Seeree, a creeping plant, whole leaf, of a strong aromatic flavor, they eat with the betel nut.
1795 C. R. Hopson tr. C. P. Thunberg Trav. (ed. 2) II. 268 The betel leaves, called Siri (Piper betel), are therefore brought in fresh every day for sale.
1839 T. J. Newbold Polit. & Statist. Acct. Straits of Malacca I. ii. 87 The parents..offer a small present of plantains, sirih, tobacco, etc.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 1064/1.
1869 A. R. Wallace Malay Archipel. I. 126 In a small Bamboo case..the Dyak carries his sirih and lime for betel chewing.
1882 H. de Windt On Equator 72 Mats were spread out, and siri and betel-nut produced.
b. attributive, as sirih-box, sirih juice, sirih leaf, sirih vine.
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1839 Chinese Repository 7 130 It is amusing to see him..gravely followed by a man bearing..his betel and siri box.
1846 H. Keppel Exped. to Borneo II. i. 13 His majesty chewed his sīrih-leaf and betel-nut.
1864 D'Almeida Life in Java II. 104 Chewing tobacco betel, and seri leaf.
1869 A. R. Wallace Malay Archipel. I. 271 A married woman may not accept..a sirih leaf from a stranger.
1881 Bock's Head-Hunters Borneo ii. 19 Other princes..squatted on the floor, each with his large silver-gilt sirih-box, and a huge brass spittoon in their midst.
1893 F. A. Swettenham About Perak 38 Here the Malay lives under his sireh-vine and durian tree.
1939 A. Keith Land below Wind xiii. 211 I looked back at the kampong women..; their lips, red with sireh juice, like cerise flowers.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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