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‖ warraˈcoori [Native name.] (See quots.)
1858Simmonds Dict. Trade, Warracoori, a native name for the wood of the white cedar, obtained in Demerara from the Icica altissima. It is light, easily worked, and very aromatic, and is used for oars and paddles, and for boards for the inside work of houses. 1862List Contrib. Br. Guiana to Lond. Exhib. in Veness El Dorado (1866) App. 137 Warracoori, or White Cedar... Used for frame and inside work of houses,..paddles, canoes, &c. 1866in Treas. Bot. |