| 单词 | aloe wood |
| 释义 | > as lemmasaloe wood aloe wood n. (also aloes wood) [after various Romance parallels of lign-aloes n. and lignum aloes n. at lignum n.1 Compounds] = sense 1. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > other vegetable materials > plant resin > [noun] > other plant resins aloesOE elemi1543 agila1555 copal1577 lycium1597 aloe wood1599 lignum vitae1611 caraña1616 sticklac1659 guaiacum1663 copaiba1712 copahu1736 hackiac1790 guaiac1811 agar1813 ulmin1817 acouchi1818 helleborin1840 piney resin1851 gurjun1858 icican1865 sumbul balsam1868 amyrin1876 jojoba oil1975 jojoba1989 1599 R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) II. 208 In the midst there are three [pillars] of Aloes-wood not very thicke, and couered with tiles of India of 1000. colours. 1658 tr. G. della Porta Nat. Magick iv. xv. 141 Alome one pound, good Salt two pound, of Aloes and Myrrhe half a pound, of Aloes-wood half a pound, of the Oyl of Spicknard three onces, [etc.]. 1717 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 18 Apr. (1965) I. 352 Slaves..with silver Censors..perfum'd the air with Amber, Aloes wood, and other Scents. 1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 77 Aloes wood, a fragrant resinous substance of a dark colour, is the inside of the trunk of the Aquilaria ovata and A. Agallochum. 1904 Calcutta Rev. 119 509 The wood is cut up and buried in the earth, the inferior portion decomposes and the remainder containing the oleo-resin is pure aloe wood. 1986 Jrnl. Trop. Ecol. 2 37 Reliance on natural sources to supply the trade (as for instance, for aloes wood, Aquilaria species, in South-east Asia) has proved to be unmanageable and disastrous in conservation terms. 2005 New Yorker 25 Apr. 52/2 The smoke from its beams of aloe wood, sandalwood, and ebony filled the air with a fragrance. < as lemmas |
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