| 单词 | indian oak |
| 释义 | > as lemmasIndian oak Indian oak n. now rare the teak, Tectona grandis. ΚΠ 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia Index p. xi/2 Teke, the Indian Oak. 1781 S. Pechel Hist. Acct. Bombay 8 The Teke tree, called by Fryer the Indian oak, grows in all those parts. 1851 F. Lieber & E. Wigglesworth Encycl. Amer. (new ed.) II. 112/1 Timber for ship-building, especially teak or Indian oak, which grows most luxuriantly in a wet soil, on the banks of rivers, is abundant. a1924 M. Ghose Coll. Poems (1970) I. 185 And the mighty Teak, Toughest Indian Oak. 1999 J. H. Wiersema & B. León World Econ. Plants 491/1 Tectona grandis... Bankok teak; Indian-oak; teak. < as lemmas |
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