Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
ti .
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Examples
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He made a still and manufactured alcohol from the roots of the ti-plant.
THE SEED OF McCOY 2010
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The calabashes were filled with the fierce distillation of the root of the ti-plant; and as the liquid fire coursed through them and mounted to their brains, they forgot that they had once been men and women, for they were men and women once more.
Koolau the Leper 2010
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It was surrounded by a strong, but neat hedge of the ti-plant some three and a half feet high, with an ingeniously contrived wicker gate opposite the door.
The Island Home Richard Archer
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The calabashes were filled with the fierce distillation of the root of the ti-plant; and as the liquid fire coursed through them and mounted to their brains, they forgot that they had once been men and women, for they were men and women once more.
Koolau the Leper 1912
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He made a still and manufactured alcohol from the roots of the ti-plant.
The Seed of McCoy 1911
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The calabashes were filled with the fierce distillation of the root of the ti-plant; and as the liquid fire coursed through them and mounted to their brains, they forgot that they had once been men and women, for they were men and women once more.
Koolau the Leper 1909
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He made a still and manufactured alcohol from the roots of the ti-plant.
South Sea Tales Jack London 1896
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Henry begins with a description of the ti-plant (Dracaena terminalis), which 'requires to be well baked before being eaten.'
Modern Mythology Andrew Lang 1878
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When everything was in readiness, and the furnace still pouring out its intense heat, the natives marched up with bare feet to the edge of the furnace, where they halted for a moment, and after a few passes of the wand made of the branches of the ti-plant by the leader, who repeated a few words in the native language, they stepped down on the rocks and walked leisurely across to the other side, stepping from stone to stone.
Modern Mythology Andrew Lang 1878
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'Hold the leaves of the ti-plant before picking them, and say: "O hosts of gods! awake, arise!
Modern Mythology Andrew Lang 1878
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