| 单词 | alligator wood |
| 释义 | > as lemmasalligator wood alligator wood n. (a) the timber of the West Indian tree Guarea glabra (sometimes called G. guidonia; family Meliaceae), which has a musky smell supposedly resembling that of an alligator; (also) the tree itself; also called muskwood; (b) the fine-grained timber of the tree Liquidambar styraciflua (family Altingiaceae) of North and Central America, used in construction and for making furniture; (also) the tree itself. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [noun] > of South America or West Indies sweetwood1607 mastic1657 acajou1666 bastard locust tree1670 bastard locust tree1670 alligator wood1696 muskwood1696 lancewood1697 rodwood1716 cog-wood1725 soapwood1733 down tree?1740 pigeon plum1743 break-axe tree1756 horse-wood1756 loblolly whitewood1756 Spanish elm1756 trumpet-tree1756 ahuehuete1778 ocote1787 locust tree1795 Madeira wood1796 peroba1813 roble1814 louro1816 cecropia1824 purple heart1825 wallaba1825 trumpet-wood1836 gumbo-limbo1837 poui1838 quebracho1839 snake-wood1843 yacca1843 horseflesh wood1851 necklace tree1858 Honduras rosewood1860 turanira1862 softwood1864 wattle-wood1864 balsa tree1866 primavera1871 rauli1874 lemon-wood1879 wheel-tree1882 Spanish stopper1883 gurgeon-stopper1884 pinkwood-tree1884 stopper1884 sloth-tree1885 imbaubaa1893 Spanish cedar1907 amarant1909 Parana pine1916 imbuya1919 mastic-bully1920 banak1921 timbo1924 becuiba1934 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > other woods of West Indies and Central America guaiacum1533 guaiac1558 lignum vitae1594 sweetwood1607 green ebony1665 princewoodc1665 alligator wood1696 pimento wood1712 greenheart1719 mahoea1726 galimeta-wood1756 determa1769 bullet-wood1843 cocobolo1849 lancewood1858 silver-balli1858 yari-yari1858 Honduras rosewood1860 sabicu1866 amarant1909 1696 H. Sloane Catal. Plantarum in Jamaica 137 Alleygator or Musk-wood. 1725 H. Sloane Voy. Islands II. ii. 24 Alleygator or Musk-Wood..The Smell [of the trunk] is sweet like Musk, or that of an Alleygator, whence the name. 1881 Harper's Young People 1 Nov. 12/2 The outer border is composed of the burs of the liquid-amber tree (‘alligator wood’), with corners of pine cones. 1920 W. Fawcett & A. B. Rendle Flora Jamaica IV. 215 Musk Wood, Alligator Wood, Wild Akee..All parts of the tree, especially the bark, have a strong smell of musk. 1955 E. Manio & F. Howard Ornamental Trees 50/1 Liquidambar styraciflua... Sweet Gum; Red Gum; Alligator Wood. 2006 Calgary (Alberta) Herald (Nexis) 17 June g3 Carved from alligator wood, an intricately detailed statue of a Balinese dancer has a honey-toned, ivory-like surface. < as lemmas |
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