| 单词 | nut-wood |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnut-wood nut-wood n. (a) wood from a nut-bearing tree, esp. a hickory or walnut; (also) such a tree; (b) Australian the tree Terminalia arostrata (family Combretaceae) of northern Australia, having a fruit with an edible seed. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > walnut walnuta1585 walnut-tree1587 nut-wood1701 1701 C. Wooley Two Years Jrnl. N.-Y. 75 They had Needles of Wood, for which Nut-wood was esteemed best. 1840 J. F. Cooper Pathfinder I. i. 15 Of this [lesser] class were the birch,..the quivering aspen, various generous nut-woods, and divers others that resembled the ignoble and vulgar. 1915 Bull. Northern Territory xiv. 7 Then more volcanic downs with bauhinia and nutwood for about six miles. 1979 Dædalus Summer 116 Nutwood or ebony chests and the miscellaneous commodities of the ‘cultured’ crafts..—all attest to this early preoccupation with the refinement of domestic taste. < as lemmas |
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