单词 | lingoa |
释义 | lingoan. Now rare. A tree of South-East Asia, Pterocarpus indicus, or its wood; = narra n.Recorded earliest in lingoa wood. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [noun] > tropical > pterocarpus timber trees angsana1749 Pterocarpus1770 lingoa1798 kyabuka1831 padauk1839 narra1890 1798 S. H. Wilcocke tr. J. S. Stavorinus Voy. E.-Indies III. Index 588 Lingoa wood. 1801 Asiatic Ann. Reg. 1800 Misc. Tracts 74 (note) Of the Lingoa-wood Valentyn describes three sorts, the red, the white, and the stone-hard lingoa. 1808 tr. Stavorinus in J. Pinkerton Voy. & Trav. XI. 254 The wood which is called Amboyna wood, or properly Lingoa Wood. 1832 J. Bell Syst. Geogr. V. 200 The Pterocarpus draco, or lingoa, is a native of these islands and is used as a substitute for the teak. 1861 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 10 May 460/2 Large circular slabs of the Lingoa wood are obtained by taking advantage of the spurs which project from the base of the trunk. 1874 Proc. Zool. & Acclimatisation Soc. Victoria 3 86 Pterocarpus Indicus, Roxburgh. The Lingo of China and India. A tree of considerable dimensions, famed for its flame-red wood. 1931 Veneers Jan. 18/1 Lingoa, Burmese rosewood, amboyna wood,..Andaman mahogany, redwood and vermillion wood are among the most generally used local and trade names for the wood of this tree. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1798 |
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