Any of various trees which have resinous wood and burn with a brilliant flame; spec. a torchwood of the genus Amyris. Obsolete.
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| 释义 | the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants yielding fuel or manure > [noun] > plants yielding firewood (10) lightwood1693 Any of various trees which have resinous wood and burn with a brilliant flame; spec. a torchwood of the genus Amyris. Obsolete. lignum rhodium1693 candle-wood, Amyris balsamifera. candle-wood1712 A popular name of several trees which yield such wood: Californian C., Fouquiera splendens; Jamaica C., Gomphia guianensis; South American C., Sciadop… rosewood1756 Any of several West Indian trees of the genus Amyris (family Rutaceae); esp. the candlewood, A. balsamifera, from which an aromatic oil is obtained… grease-wood1845 a name for various stunted and prickly chenopodiaceous shrubs, of the genera Sarcobatus, Atriplex, etc., which contain oil and are found in dry… grease-bush1860 = grease-wood n. torch-tree1862 rendering Latin tæda, a resinous species of pine, the wood of which was used for torches; also Ixora parviflora, an East Indian shrub with showy… amyrisc1865 A genus of tropical trees and shrubs, yielding resinous products. torchwood1866 (torchwood) Name for several plants. A tree of the genus Amyris, N.O. Rutaceæ, having resinous wood, as A. sylvatica and A. balsamifera, of West… candle-bush1890 a South African plant, Sarcocaulon patersoni, so called from the readiness with which it burns. |
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