okoumen.

Brit.

/əʊˈkuːmeɪ/, U.S.

/oʊˈkumeɪ/, West African English

/oˈkume/

Forms: 1900s– okoume, 1900s– okoumé, 1900s– oukoume.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from German. Or (ii) a borrowing from French. Etymons: German Okoume; French Okoumé.

Etymology: < German Okoume (1921 in the source translated in quot. 1922¹) or its etymon French Okoumé (1914; also in form oukoumé (1956)), either < Myene (a language of the part of Gabon from which the wood is exported) okume, or < Tsogo (a language of the interior of Gabon, where the trees grow) okume.

The wood of the West African tree Aucoumea klaineana (family Burseraceae); the tree itself. Also called Gaboon mahogany.

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1920 A. L. Howard Man. Timbers of World 140 Gaboon. Boswellia klaineana... This extremely useful wood deserves a name of its own.., though it should not be called mahogany. This fact is recognised on the Continent, where it is known by the name of Okumé.]

1922 C. T. Campion tr. A. Schweitzer On Edge of Primeval Forest vi. 108 The chief sorts [of wood] dealt in are mahogany,..and okoume (Aucoumea klaineana), the so-called false mahogany.

1922 tr. J. Feith Mod. Holland 262 An agency at Port Gentil (Cape Lopez) in French West Africa, for the export from there of the various West Africa woods, principally the well known Okoume wood, which is..much used for the manufacture of cigar boxes and ply wood.

1947 J. C. Rich Materials & Methods Sculpt. x. 293 Okoume is another name for Gaboon Mahogany. The wood is soft and light-weight and is a light reddish-brown color.

1995 Independent 3 Apr. 16/5 Inside, there are window shutters encased in okoume, an endangered wood from Gabon.

2000 Molecular Ecol. 9 359 One of the dominant savannah colonists in Gabon is Aucoumea klaineana or Okoumé (Burseraceae), an endemic species which belongs to a monotypic genus.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	okoume
释义	okoumen. Brit. /əʊˈkuːmeɪ/, U.S. /oʊˈkumeɪ/, West African English /oˈkume/ Forms: 1900s– okoume, 1900s– okoumé, 1900s– oukoume. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from German. Or (ii) a borrowing from French. Etymons: German Okoume; French Okoumé. Etymology: < German Okoume (1921 in the source translated in quot. 1922¹) or its etymon French Okoumé (1914; also in form oukoumé (1956)), either < Myene (a language of the part of Gabon from which the wood is exported) okume, or < Tsogo (a language of the interior of Gabon, where the trees grow) okume. The wood of the West African tree Aucoumea klaineana (family Burseraceae); the tree itself. Also called Gaboon mahogany. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > gaboon Gaboon1920 okoume1922 1920 A. L. Howard Man. Timbers of World 140 Gaboon. Boswellia klaineana... This extremely useful wood deserves a name of its own.., though it should not be called mahogany. This fact is recognised on the Continent, where it is known by the name of Okumé.] 1922 C. T. Campion tr. A. Schweitzer On Edge of Primeval Forest vi. 108 The chief sorts [of wood] dealt in are mahogany,..and okoume (Aucoumea klaineana), the so-called false mahogany. 1922 tr. J. Feith Mod. Holland 262 An agency at Port Gentil (Cape Lopez) in French West Africa, for the export from there of the various West Africa woods, principally the well known Okoume wood, which is..much used for the manufacture of cigar boxes and ply wood. 1947 J. C. Rich Materials & Methods Sculpt. x. 293 Okoume is another name for Gaboon Mahogany. The wood is soft and light-weight and is a light reddish-brown color. 1995 Independent 3 Apr. 16/5 Inside, there are window shutters encased in okoume, an endangered wood from Gabon. 2000 Molecular Ecol. 9 359 One of the dominant savannah colonists in Gabon is Aucoumea klaineana or Okoumé (Burseraceae), an endemic species which belongs to a monotypic genus. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1922
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