canaigre
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Possibly from Mexican Spanish canaigre, cañagre, cañaigre, variants of cañagria, from caña agria (“canaigre”, literally “sour cane”), from caña (“cane; reed”) (ultimately from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na)) + agria (feminine singular of agrio (“sour”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”)).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kəˈnaɪɡri/, /-ˈneɪɡə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /kəˈnaɪɡri/
Audio (RP) (file) - Rhymes: -eɪɡə (one pronunciation)
- Hyphenation: ca‧nai‧gre
Noun[edit]
canaigre (uncountable)
- (US) Rumex hymenosepalus, a species of dock native to southwestern North America with edible red stems and taproots containing tannin. [from mid 19th c.]
- Synonyms: tanner's dock, wild rhubarb
- 1882, Report of Dona Ana County, New Mexico Bureau of Immigration, OCLC 54485815, page 9:
- The Commissioner of Agriculture, in his report for 1878, speaking of this plant, says : “The examination of the canaigre, for tannin, shows the existence of a very abundant source of this important material, and gives reason for the belief that the latter at least may soon afford a cheap supply to the arts.
- 1895, “Concerning Canaigre”, in The Deseret Weekly, volume 51, page 675:
- Considerable attention is being paid by the press to canaigre as a plant, the cultivation of which may become profitable in this State, and it seems probable that it may become one of the valuable minor industries.
- 2012, Steven Foster, Tyler’s Honest Herbal: A Sensible Guide to the Use of Herbs and Related Remedies:
- Canaigre, the root of Rumex hymenosepalus Torr., was marketed in the late 1970s under such coined names of modern vintage as wild red American ginseng and wild red desert ginseng.
- (US) Tannin-containing matter obtained from the taproots of the plant.
Alternative forms[edit]
Translations[edit]
Rumex hymenosepalus
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References[edit]
- ^ Compare “canaigre, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, March 2017; “canaigre, n.” in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press.
Further reading[edit]
Rumex hymenosepalus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Rumex hymenosepalus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Anagrams[edit]
Spanish[edit]
Noun[edit]
canaigre m (uncountable)
- (obsolete) canaigre
- Synonym: caña agria
- 1894, “Un Nuevo Tanino”, in Boletin de agricultura, minería é industrias, number 1-3, page 189:
- En el informe en cuestión se da un cuadro que demuestra que el canaigre de uno ó dos años era riquísimo en tal material, en muestras procedentes de las tierras margosas de Florencia, de las arenosas de la propia comarca y de las arenosas de las riberas del río de la Sal.
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- 1919, La Hacienda, volume 15:
- Canaigre es el nombre comercial de la raíz de una especie debardana amarilla, conocida por los botánicos como Rumex Hymenosepalus, una planta perenne, o hierba, llamada ruibarbo silvestre.
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- 1920 May, El ingeniero y contratista: Revista dedicada exclusivamente a mequinaria y asuntos de ingenieria, OCLC 875211694, page 33:
- El tanino rara vez se usa solo; generalmente se mezcla con carbonato, hidrato o silicato sódico. El tanino se obtiene de una gran variedad de fuentes, entre las cuales figuran las cortezas de pinabete y roble, el quebracho, el canaigre, la raiz de palmito, el zumaque y el dividivi.
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Further reading[edit]
Rumex hymenosepalus on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
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