| 单词 | obeche wood |
| 释义 | > as lemmasobeche wood A large West African tree, Triplochiton scleroxylon (family Sterculiaceae), found in lowland forests; (also) the light-coloured timber of this tree. Also attributive in obeche timber, obeche wood, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [noun] > African shittima1382 citrus1555 cam-wood1699 jacaranda1753 kokerboom1774 quiver tree1789 geelhout1790 rooihout1790 yellowwood1790 mat-wood1792 assegai1793 assegai tree1793 hardpear1801 rooi els1801 argan1809 beaver-wood1810 mat tree1812 saffraan1819 salie1819 sneezewood1834 African teak1842 hyawaballi1851 sage-wood1854 mvule1858 til1858 yari-yari1858 cannibal stinkwood1859 kiaat1862 knobwood1862 milkwood1862 tryssil1862 sulphur-tree1863 khaya1864 cailcedra1866 flat-crown1868 umzimbeet1870 kuka1882 odum1887 iroko1890 opepe1891 Natal mahogany1904 muhimbi1906 obeche1906 agba1908 makoré1915 afara1920 agboin1920 abura1921 podo1922 afrormosia1923 guarea1936 Mansonia1936 dahoma1955 utile1956 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [adjective] softwood1539 citrean1616 pepperidge1689 purple heart1769 narra1779 leafy1810 saffraan1819 quandong1836 padauk1839 tamanu1839 titoki1842 til1858 odum1887 sapele1904 broad-leaved1905 peroba1920 ocote1926 pyinkado1934 ponderosa1937 ahuehuete1948 Mansonia1958 obeche1958 podo1961 black-gum1969 1906 R. E. Dennett At Back of Black Man's Mind xxi. 226 In this Grove there are always some logs of wood (obeke). 1908 Bull. Misc. Information (Royal Bot. Gardens, Kew) 195 ‘Satinwood’, ‘Obeche’... At the Liverpool Market..it was classified as Satinwood... It is a very common tree. 1934 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 38 56 One of the most remarkable instances of clean fracture is in the West African Obeche... This wood is relatively new to commerce, and is being used..for motor-body work. 1956 Handbk. Hardwoods (Forest Products Res. Lab.) 171 Obeche grows to a height of 150 ft... Obeche is nearly white to pale straw in colour with no clear distinction between sapwood and heartwood. 1958 Archit. Rev. 124 41/1 The wall is of a natural obeche timber. 1971 Country Life 1 Apr. 731/2 My obeche wood decoys have been admired a great deal in the five or six years since I made them. 1989 New Scientist 2 Dec. 48/2 The West African timber tree Triplochiton scleroxylon, which yields obeche, a light-weight hardwood and a favourite of plywood manufacturers. < as lemmas |
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