| 释义 |
cudgerie|ˈkʌdʒəriː|
Also cugerie.
The native name in Australia of the trees Hernandia bivalvis (see quot. 1886) and Flindersia schottiana, a large rain-forest tree with light-coloured wood.
1884A. Nilson Timber Trees N.S.W. 135 Cugerie. Flindersia australis. 1886F. M. Bailey Queensland Woods 67 Hernandia, Linn H. Bivalvis, Benth. Flora Austr., ‘Cudgerie’ or Greasenut. A tall tree with a smooth bark... The kernel [of the fruit] contains 64.8 per cent. of oil. 1901― Queensland Flora iv. 1316 Cudgerie or Grease-nut... Involucel enclosing the fruit..divided nearly to the base into 2 valves. |