单词 | palisander |
释义 | palisandern. Dark ornamental wood derived from any of various tropical American trees, esp. jacaranda, Brazilian rosewood ( Dalbergia nigra), and (U.S.) purple heart ( Peltogyne paniculata). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > other woods of South American trees letterwood1655 kingwood1788 canary wood1822 saouari wooda1832 macaco-wood1835 paddlewood1837 quebracho1839 mustaiba1843 violet-wood1843 taigu wood1868 rauli1874 louro1914 balsa wood1917 palisander1930 1843 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. I. 104 The furniture rose-wood..was afterwards imported as Jacaranda, Palisander, and Palaxander-wood, by which names it is still called on the Continent. 1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants 101/1 Palissander, or Palixander, another name for Rose-wood and Violet-wood. 1892 P. L. Simmonds Commerc. Dict. Trade Products (rev. ed.) Supp. 479/2 Palisander, species of Dalbergia and Jacaranda, Brazilian furniture woods. 1930 Heal & Son Catal. 14 The timbers that invite the craftsman's hand..Macassar Ebony, Amaranth and Palisander. 1977 Early Music 5 455 (advt.) The Roessler ‘Meister’ range [of recorders] is available in rosewood, palisander, olivewood and boxwood. 1993 Econ. Geogr. 69 374/2 The search for precious woods such as ebony, rosewood, and palisander intensified. Compounds General attributive, esp. in palisander wood. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [adjective] > other (South or Central) American woods palisander1843 cocobolo1849 amarant1947 louro1980 1843 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. I. 104 Palaxander-wood. 1877 H. Watts Chem. Dict. IV. 325 Palisander wood, a red dye wood from Madagascar. 1902 G. S. Boulger Wood ii. 270 Palisander-wood... A valuable wood, chiefly used in pianofortes. 1957 Times 4 Nov. 13/1 There is plain Bangkok teak, and palisander wood from South America. 1991 Christie's Internat. Mag. Winter 98 (caption) A palisandre and silvered bronze cabinet, known as ‘Meuble à Fard’,..stamped Ruhlmann 1933 B. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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