| 单词 | butter tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbutter tree butter tree n. any of various tropical or subtropical trees having seeds from which a soft, oily fat is obtained; esp. shea, Vitellaria paradoxa; cf. butter and tallow tree n.shea butter tree: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plant, nut, or bean yielding oil > [noun] > trees or shrubs yielding oil > tropical > butter-trees or bassia butter tree1798 shea-butter tree1799 phulwara1805 iluppai1832 Bassiac1865 1798 St. James's Chron. 16–19 Jan. There is another tree, which he [sc. Mr. Park] calls the butter-tree, because the kernels of its nuts afford a substance exactly resembling butter. 1808 W. Roxburgh in Jrnl. Nat. Philos., Chem., & Arts 19 Suppl. 372 (heading) A botanical and economical account of Bassia butyracea, or the East India Butter Tree. 1912 Sci. Amer. 24 Feb. 175/1 To the plants yielding such oils has been applied the name of ‘butter-trees’. 2016 Australian (Nexis) 23 July (Travel section) 9 Products are made using natural-origin, organic-certified shea butter extracted from the kernels of butter trees (Butyrospermum parkii). < as lemmas |
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