pontianac

词形变化

pontianacs 复数 pontianacs

别名

pontianak

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A fossil resin historically used in the production of some rubber, produced from the latex of Dyera costulata.

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词源

From Pontianac, an older spelling of Pontianak, a port city in West Kalimantan, from which the resin was shipped, named for the ghostly pontianaks which supposedly once inhabited the site.

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