| 单词 | east indian cedar |
| 释义 | > as lemmasEast Indian cedar East Indian cedar n. any of several southern Asian timber trees; esp. †(a) the South Asian tree, Toona ciliata (formerly Cedrela toona) of the family Meliaceae (obsolete); (b) the deodar, Cedrus deodara; (also) the wood of any of these trees. ΚΠ 1869 Trans. Royal Sc. Arboricultural Soc. 5 6 At about the same time, or a few years later, about 1665, the arrival is chronicled of the East Indian cedar of Goa. 1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants 176/1 Deodar, East Indian Cedar, Fountain-tree. 1885 Nature 31 Dec. 202/1 The East Indian cedar (Cedrela toona)..is a reddish-coloured wood with a splendid wavy or feathery figure. 1920 A. L. Howard Man. Timbers of World 256 The wood has been called by a variety of names such as East Indian mahogany and East Indian cedar, as well as by its proper name of serayah. 2006 K. M. Holtzclaw San Gorgonio Pass iv. 57 East Indian cedars, known as deodar trees, align Beaumont Avenue leading into Cherry Valley. < as lemmas |
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