| 单词 | african pearwood |
| 释义 | > as lemmasAfrican pearwood 2. Chiefly with distinguishing word: the wood of any of several African trees, esp. (in full African pearwood) that of Manilkara obovata and Minus djave (both family Sapotaceae).Nigerian pearwood: see Nigerian n. and adj. Compounds. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > other woods of African trees > West African pearwood1902 Gaboon1920 guarea1936 makoré1936 idigbo1942 limba1955 ovangkol1972 agboin1974 1879 Proc. Royal Geogr. Soc. 1 326 Unlike the useless scrub of the Tugela Valley, there is valuable timber of yellow-wood, stink-wood, red and white pear, boken-wood, and some others.] 1902 G. S. Boulger Wood 272 Pearwood, White (Pterocelàstrus rostràtus Walp.: Order Celastràceæ). South Africa. Zulu ‘Umdogan’... Moderately heavy, strong and durable. Much used for felloes and other waggon work. 1915 J. H. Holland Useful Plants Nigeria III. 419 One of the finest timber trees in W. Africa [is Mimusops Djave], sold in Europe as ‘African Pear Wood’. 1922 W. Schlich Man. Forestry (ed. 4) I. ii. 320 The most prominent species [in Sierra Leone] are given as:—..red ironwood, very common. A species of Mimusops known as pearwood [etc.]. 1950 C. W. Bond Colonial Timbers 77 Guarea (Nigerian pearwood). 1990 D. K. Abbiw Useful Plants Ghana vii. 108 Others [sc. timbers for carving mortars] are..Lophira alata Red Ironwood (Kaku); Manilkara multinervis subsp. lacera... African Pearwood (also for bowls) [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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