corkwoodn.

Brit.

/ˈkɔːkwʊd/, U.S.

/ˈkɔrkˌwʊd/

Etymology: < cork n.¹ + wood n.¹

†1. Cork in the mass. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > cork > [noun]

cork-barkc1440

cork1570

corkwood1770

suber1873

velvet-cork1883

1770 J. Priestley in Philos. Trans. 1769 (Royal Soc.) 59 63 The black side of a piece of cork-wood.

2. A name given in various parts of the world to various light and porous woods, and the trees yielding them; e.g. in the West Indies to Anona palustris, Ochroma lagopus, Hibiscus ( Paritium tiliaceum); in New South Wales to Duboisia myoporoides; in New Zealand to Entelea arborescens.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [noun] > Australasian

tallow-tree1704

rata1773

rosewood1779

red mahogany1798

ironbark1799

wild orange1802

red gum1803

rewarewa1817

red cedar1818

black-butted gum1820

Huon pine1820

miro1820

oak1821

horoeka1831

hinau1832

maire1832

totara1832

blackbutt1833

marri1833

raspberry jam tree1833

kohekohe1835

puriri1835

tawa1839

hickory1840

whau1840

pukatea1841

titoki1842

butterbush1843

iron gum1844

York gum1846

mangeao1848

myall1848

ironheart1859

lilly-pilly1860

belah1862

flindosa1862

jarrah1866

silky oak1866

teak of New South Wales1866

Tolosa-wood1866

turmeric-tree1866

walking-stick palm1869

tooart1870

queenwood1873

tarairi1873

boree1878

yate1880

axe-breaker1884

bangalay1884

coachwood1884

cudgerie1884

feather-wood1884

forest mahogany1884

maiden's blush1884

swamp mahogany1884

tallow-wood1884

teak of New Zealand1884

wandoo1884

heartwood1885

ivorywood1887

Jimmy Low1887

Burdekin plum1889

corkwood1889

pigeon-berry ash1889

red beech1889

silver beech1889

turnip-wood1891

black bean1895

red bean1895

pinkwood1898

poplar1898

rose mahogany1898

quandong1908

lancewood1910

New Zealand honeysuckle1910

Queensland walnut1919

mahogany gum1944

Australian mahogany1948

1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 256 The Alligator Apple Tree, or Cork-wood... The wood of this tree is so very soft, even after it is dried, that it is frequently used..instead of corks.

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 800 Ochroma, the well-known Corkwood tree..is very common in the West Indies and Central America, where its soft spongy and exceedingly light wood, called Corkwood in Jamaica, is commonly employed as a substitute for cork.

1882 J. Smith Dict. Econ. Plants 133.

1889 T. Kirk Forest Flora N.Z. 45 The whau..is termed corkwood by the settlers on account of its light specific gravity.

1946 Jrnl. Polynesian Soc. June 160 Whau, a tree (Entelea arborescens) cork-wood, the lightest of Newzealand timbers.

3. A name of the White Cork Boletus ( Polyporus niveus, formerly Boletus suberosus), which grows on the trunks of trees.So commonly called in the South of Scotland.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	corkwood
释义	corkwoodn. Brit. /ˈkɔːkwʊd/, U.S. /ˈkɔrkˌwʊd/ Etymology: < cork n.¹ + wood n.¹ †1. Cork in the mass. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > cork > [noun] cork-barkc1440 cork1570 corkwood1770 suber1873 velvet-cork1883 1770 J. Priestley in Philos. Trans. 1769 (Royal Soc.) 59 63 The black side of a piece of cork-wood. 2. A name given in various parts of the world to various light and porous woods, and the trees yielding them; e.g. in the West Indies to Anona palustris, Ochroma lagopus, Hibiscus ( Paritium tiliaceum); in New South Wales to Duboisia myoporoides; in New Zealand to Entelea arborescens. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [noun] > Australasian tallow-tree1704 rata1773 rosewood1779 red mahogany1798 ironbark1799 wild orange1802 red gum1803 rewarewa1817 red cedar1818 black-butted gum1820 Huon pine1820 miro1820 oak1821 horoeka1831 hinau1832 maire1832 totara1832 blackbutt1833 marri1833 raspberry jam tree1833 kohekohe1835 puriri1835 tawa1839 hickory1840 whau1840 pukatea1841 titoki1842 butterbush1843 iron gum1844 York gum1846 mangeao1848 myall1848 ironheart1859 lilly-pilly1860 belah1862 flindosa1862 jarrah1866 silky oak1866 teak of New South Wales1866 Tolosa-wood1866 turmeric-tree1866 walking-stick palm1869 tooart1870 queenwood1873 tarairi1873 boree1878 yate1880 axe-breaker1884 bangalay1884 coachwood1884 cudgerie1884 feather-wood1884 forest mahogany1884 maiden's blush1884 swamp mahogany1884 tallow-wood1884 teak of New Zealand1884 wandoo1884 heartwood1885 ivorywood1887 Jimmy Low1887 Burdekin plum1889 corkwood1889 pigeon-berry ash1889 red beech1889 silver beech1889 turnip-wood1891 black bean1895 red bean1895 pinkwood1898 poplar1898 rose mahogany1898 quandong1908 lancewood1910 New Zealand honeysuckle1910 Queensland walnut1919 mahogany gum1944 Australian mahogany1948 1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 256 The Alligator Apple Tree, or Cork-wood... The wood of this tree is so very soft, even after it is dried, that it is frequently used..instead of corks. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 800 Ochroma, the well-known Corkwood tree..is very common in the West Indies and Central America, where its soft spongy and exceedingly light wood, called Corkwood in Jamaica, is commonly employed as a substitute for cork. 1882 J. Smith Dict. Econ. Plants 133. 1889 T. Kirk Forest Flora N.Z. 45 The whau..is termed corkwood by the settlers on account of its light specific gravity. 1946 Jrnl. Polynesian Soc. June 160 Whau, a tree (Entelea arborescens) cork-wood, the lightest of Newzealand timbers. 3. A name of the White Cork Boletus ( Polyporus niveus, formerly Boletus suberosus), which grows on the trunks of trees.So commonly called in the South of Scotland. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1756
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