释义 |
amboyna (wood)|æmˈbɔɪnə| [from the island of that name, one of the Moluccas.] The wood of the Asiatic tree Pterospermum indicum (family Sterculiaceæ). Treas. Bot. 1866.
1879Cassell's Techn. Educ. IV. 168/2 Amboyna-wood..also called Vryabuca or Vryabooca-wood..is beautifully mottled and curled, of various tints from light red to dark yellow. 1882Daily Tel. 23 Nov. (Advt.) Walnutwood chiffonnière, beautifully inlaid with amboyna and marqueterie. |