单词 | tunal |
释义 | ‖ tunal|tuˈnal| [Sp., f. tuna1 + -al (cf. chaparral).] A grove or thicket of tunas: see tuna1. (Also erron. used for tuna.)
1613Purchas Pilgrimage viii. x. 661 That they should goe seeke out a Tunal in the Lake, which grew out of a stone. 1666J. Davies Hist. Caribby Isles 62 A kind of Tunal, on which there have been seen certain little Worms in colour like a Ruby, which dye Linen..a very fair and lively Scarlet-colour. 1722D. Coxe Descr. Carolina 85 This noble ingredient for dying is produc'd by a tree or shrub call'd the tunal or tuna. 1857Kingsley Two Y. Ago II. 104 Mexicans among tunals of cactus and agave. |

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