| 单词 | green ebony wood |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgreen ebony wood 1. More fully green ebony wood. The hard greenish wood of any of several tropical trees; esp. (a) that of the South American tree Jacaranda mimosifolia, formerly used as a dyewood; (b) that of the ebony, Diospyros melanoxylon, found chiefly in southern India and Sri Lanka. ΘΚΠ 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 1665 R. Hooke Micrographia xvi. 101 Having since examin'd Cocus, black and green Ebony, Lignum Vitae, &c. I found, that all these Woods have their pores, abundantly smaller than those of soft light Wood. 1704 tr. J. Nieuhof Voy. E.-Indies in A. Churchill & J. Churchill Coll. Voy. II. 195/2 It produces Coco and Banana-trees, Pynany, green Ebony Wood-trees, Potato's.., and divers sorts of herbs. 1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. iii. xiii. 71/1 There are three Sorts of Ebony, to wit, the Black... The Second is the red Ebony; the Third is the Green Ebony. 1849 Weale's Dict. Terms Green ebony wood..is used for round rulers, turnery, marquetry-work, &c.; it is also much used for dyeing. 1861 All Year Round 6 July 358/2 Those who turn rulers of ‘green ebony’, or work where a fine copper dust is in the air, if they have light hair, find it changed to green. 1908 G. Ellis Mod. Pract. Joinery (ed. 3) xxvi. 427 Indian ebony (Diospyros melanoxylon) is also imported under the name of Green Ebony. 1937 Times 27 Feb. 9/1 Jamaica experienced also increased enquiries for green ebony. 2004 D. Squire Bonsai Specialist 59/2 Jacaranda mimosifolia..Green Ebony... Also known as Jacaranda ovalifolia and Jacaranda acutifolia, this elegant, deciduous tree has mid- to light green, fern-like leaves. < as lemmas |
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