| 单词 | traveller's palm |
| 释义 | > as lemmastraveller's palm traveller's palm n. (also traveller palm, travellers' palm) a large palm-like flowering plant native to Madagascar, Ravenala madagascariensis (family Strelitziaceae), which has a fan-shaped arrangement of large leaves with long stalks in which rainwater accumulates; (also) any of several other plants resembling this which were formerly placed in the genus Ravenala. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > yielding refreshing or nourishing drink > [noun] milk-tree1698 water tree1759 traveller's tree1809 cow plant1830 hya-hya1842 traveller's palm1850 the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > palm trees > [noun] > other palms prickly palm1666 thorny palm1666 palm1681 sagwire1681 wine-palm1681 prickle-palm1684 prickly pole1696 brab1698 palmyra1698 thatch-tree1756 double coconut1775 nibong1779 nipa1779 rhapis1789 cocorite1796 groo-groo1796 borassus1798 cohune1805 traveller's tree1809 tucum1810 gomuti1811 taliera1814 lontar1820 salak1820 ground-rattan1823 geonoma1824 tucuma1824 nikau1827 wax-palm1830 murumuru1834 piassava1835 traveller's palm1850 bangalow1851 inajá palm1853 jacitara1853 peach palm1853 pupunha palm1853 jipijapa1858 urucuri1860 climbing palm1863 sea-apple1864 Alexandra palm1865 coquito1866 thatch1866 thatch-palm1866 açai1868 walking-stick palm1869 kentia1870 toquilla1877 Guadalupe palm1895 tortoiseshell palm1902 pimpler1909 1850 F. Egerton Jrnl. 4 Dec. in Jrnl. Winter's Tour in India (1852) I. ii. 50 The travellers' palm, which when cut into with a penknife pours out a small quantity of pure water, or of what closely resembles pure water, grows here. 1934 Aberdeen Press & Jrnl. 10 Apr. 6/6 Travellers' palms..look picturesque, but the cups at the base of the leaves gather moisture, which in turn attracts mosquitoes, so it is unwise to have one near the house. 2007 H. Bradt Madagascar (ed. 9) iii. 44 The travellers' palm (Ravenala madagascariensis) is one of Madagascar's most spectacular plants. < as lemmas |
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