单词 | coral-wood |
释义 | coral-woodn. A fine hard cabinet-wood from Central and South America, which becomes of a beautiful red or coral colour. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > [noun] > woods of specific colour or dye-woods red sandalwood?c1510 redwooda1533 whitewood1562 red sanderswood1598 sapan wood1598 peach woodc1638 Campeachy wood1652 coral-wood1693 Nicaragua wood1696 cam-wood1699 Guinea wood1722 Nicaragua1756 barwood1788 ruby wood1843 sap pan1874 1693 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 17 620 The Aquitztli of New Spain..an elegant Tree called Coralwood. 1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 62 The Americans use the Coral Wood for several Sorts of Work. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < |
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