peewah

名词 n.
英 /ˈpiːwɑː/    美 /ˈpiwɑ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A peach palm (Bactris gasipaes), a South American palm tree. Trinidad-and-Tobago
    — The Pewa or Peach palm (Guilielma speciosa) was introduced from Trinidad, and seedlings raised for distribution. The fruits when boiled in water with salt are appreciated as a food.
  2. The edible fruit of this plant, which has an orange or red skin when ripe, orange pulp which turns floury when cooked, and a single large seed. Trinidad-and-Tobago
    — Nicolasa had boiled a couple dozen peewahs. They were of a floury consistency. I cracked open the nuts and chewed them slowly, squeezing out the juice against my palate.

词形变化

peewahs plural peewa alternative pewa alternative

词源

Borrowed from Trinidadian Creole English peewa, peewah, from Spanish pijguao (Latin America), possibly from Quechua [Term?]. The English word is cognate with Spanish pifá, pivá (Panama), pijuayo (Peru).
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