释义 |
saj|sɑːdʒ| [Hindi.] The Indian laurel, Terminalia tomentosa, a tropical tree of the family Combretaceæ, native to India and Burma and bearing terminal spikes of yellow flowers; also, the dark hardwood produced by this tree and others of the genus. Also attrib.
1839E. W. Lane tr. Arabian Nights II. xiii. 384 Its door was of sáj, adorned with brilliant gold. 1931J. W. Best Tiger Days xii. 173 Nobler trees take their place; the stately saj and the dark-limbed ebony. 1952J. Masters Deceivers viii. 88 The man..started back..and began to run toward a thin line of saj trees bordering the road. |