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muhimbi|muːˈhɪmbɪ, muːˈwɪmbɪ|
Also muhindi.
[Lunyoro.]
An evergreen tree, Cynometra alexandri, belonging to the family Leguminosæ and native to East Africa, or the timber obtained from it, which is also called Uganda ironwood.
1906M. T. Dawe Rep. Bot. Mission through Forest Districts of Buddu 43 in Parl. Papers (Cd. 2904) LXXX. 41 Cynometra Alexandri... Native name, Muhindi: immense and important timber tree. 1939Eggeling & Harris in L. Chalk et al. Forest Trees & Timbers Brit. Empire IV. 27 Two pieces of Muhimbi (Ironwood), buried near a termite hill in 1930, were removed after 16 months, in excellent condition. 1951Archit. Rev. CX. 144/3 Muhimbi, an extremely hard wood from Uganda, is here used for the first time in a floor of any appreciable size in this country. 1956Handbk. of Hardwoods (Forest Prod. Res. Lab.) 158 Muhimbi is a heavy, hard timber of equal weight to East African olive. 1971F. H. Titmuss Commercial Timbers of World (ed. 4) 155 The timber of Cynometra alexandri..is now beginning to be much better known under the title of Muhimbi. |