sebesten

n. 【植物】破布木；破布木果实(可供药用)

发音

UK /sɪˈbɛs.tən/
US /sɪˈbɛs.tən/

词形变化

sebestens 复数 sebestens

别名

sebestan

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A medium-sized deciduous tree of species Cordia myxa or, less often, Cordia latifolia, Cordia sebestena, or other species in the genus Cordia, the wood of which is used for furniture and musical instruments.

  2. 2.

    The mucilaginous drupaceous fruit from these plants, eaten and used medicinally against pectoral diseases, also in a mixture called diasebesten, and for glue.

词源

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin sebesten, from Arabic سِبِسْتَان (sibistān), from Persian سگپستان (sag-pestân, literally “dog teat”), from سگ (sag, “dog”) + پستان (pestân, “teat”).

来源：wiktionary