Maracaibon.

Brit.

/ˌmarəˈkʌɪbəʊ/, U.S.

/ˌmɛrəˈkaɪboʊ/

Forms: 1800s Maracauba, 1800s Maracaybo, 1800s– Maracaibo, 1800s– Maracäibo.

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Maracaibo.

Etymology: < Maracaibo, the name of a city and lake in north-western Venezuela.

A kind of South American hardwood (not identified) used for furniture. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1843 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. I. 94 Maracaybo is a furniture wood of moderate size, as hard as good mahogany, and in appearance between it and tulip-wood.

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 719/2 Maracauba, a Brazilian furniture wood, intermediate in appearance between mahogany and tulip-wood.

Compounds

Maracaibo balsam n. a kind of copaiba balsam.

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1889 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon at Maracäibo Maracäibo balsam, C₂₀H₃₂. A kind of copaiva balsam obtained from Copaifera officinalis, L., or Copaifera Jacquini, Desfontaines.

1974 G. Usher Dict. Plants used by Man 173/1 The trunk [of Copaifera officinalis] yields a resin (Maracaibo resin).]

Maracaibo bark n. rare a kind of cinchona bark.

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1889 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon at Maracäibo Maracäibo bark, the bark of Cinchona tucujensis.

Maracaibo boxwood n. a tropical American tree, Casearia praecox (family Flacourtiaceae); the timber of this tree, which resembles European boxwood and is frequently used in place of it.

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1911 in Bull. Misc. Information (Royal Bot. Gardens, Kew) (1914) 215 The West Indian boxwood is a product of the district of Maracaibo only.]

1914 Bull. Misc. Information (Royal Bot. Gardens, Kew) 215 The abundant supply of flowering and leafy twigs has enabled the Maracaibo boxwood tree to be identified as Casearia praecox.

1956 Handbk. Hardwoods (Forest Products Res. Lab.) 57 (note) The trade name boxwood..has been extended to cover..a number of botanically unrelated species with wood resembling true boxwood in general character. The most important of these are ‘Knysna boxwood’.., ‘Maracaibo boxwood’ (Gossypiospermum praecox) and ‘San Domingo boxwood’.

1987 D. J. Mabberley Plant-bk. 104 C. [Casearia] praecox Griseb. (..WI or Maracaibo boxwood, zapetero, Venezuela, WI)—principal boxwood largely replacing Buxus sempervirens in commerce for rules, veneers, carving, keyboards, etc.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	maracaibo
释义	Maracaibon. Brit. /ˌmarəˈkʌɪbəʊ/, U.S. /ˌmɛrəˈkaɪboʊ/ Forms: 1800s Maracauba, 1800s Maracaybo, 1800s– Maracaibo, 1800s– Maracäibo. Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Maracaibo. Etymology: < Maracaibo, the name of a city and lake in north-western Venezuela. A kind of South American hardwood (not identified) used for furniture. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1843 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. I. 94 Maracaybo is a furniture wood of moderate size, as hard as good mahogany, and in appearance between it and tulip-wood. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 719/2 Maracauba, a Brazilian furniture wood, intermediate in appearance between mahogany and tulip-wood. Compounds Maracaibo balsam n. a kind of copaiba balsam. ΚΠ 1889 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon at Maracäibo Maracäibo balsam, C₂₀H₃₂. A kind of copaiva balsam obtained from Copaifera officinalis, L., or Copaifera Jacquini, Desfontaines. 1974 G. Usher Dict. Plants used by Man 173/1 The trunk [of Copaifera officinalis] yields a resin (Maracaibo resin).] Maracaibo bark n. rare a kind of cinchona bark. ΚΠ 1889 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon at Maracäibo Maracäibo bark, the bark of Cinchona tucujensis. Maracaibo boxwood n. a tropical American tree, Casearia praecox (family Flacourtiaceae); the timber of this tree, which resembles European boxwood and is frequently used in place of it. ΚΠ 1911 in Bull. Misc. Information (Royal Bot. Gardens, Kew) (1914) 215 The West Indian boxwood is a product of the district of Maracaibo only.] 1914 Bull. Misc. Information (Royal Bot. Gardens, Kew) 215 The abundant supply of flowering and leafy twigs has enabled the Maracaibo boxwood tree to be identified as Casearia praecox. 1956 Handbk. Hardwoods (Forest Products Res. Lab.) 57 (note) The trade name boxwood..has been extended to cover..a number of botanically unrelated species with wood resembling true boxwood in general character. The most important of these are ‘Knysna boxwood’.., ‘Maracaibo boxwood’ (Gossypiospermum praecox) and ‘San Domingo boxwood’. 1987 D. J. Mabberley Plant-bk. 104 C. [Casearia] praecox Griseb. (..WI or Maracaibo boxwood, zapetero, Venezuela, WI)—principal boxwood largely replacing Buxus sempervirens in commerce for rules, veneers, carving, keyboards, etc. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1843
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