| 单词 | peroba branca |
| 释义 | > as lemmasperoba branca Any of several Brazilian hardwood trees, esp. (more fully peroba rosa) Aspidosperma peroba and other members of the genus Aspidosperma (family Apocynaceae), and (also peroba branca) Paratecoma peroba (family Bignoniaceae); also peroba tree. Also: the wood of any of these trees, used in cabinetmaking and building.white peroba: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [noun] > of South America or West Indies sweetwood1607 mastic1657 acajou1666 bastard locust tree1670 bastard locust tree1670 alligator wood1696 muskwood1696 lancewood1697 rodwood1716 cog-wood1725 soapwood1733 down tree?1740 pigeon plum1743 break-axe tree1756 horse-wood1756 loblolly whitewood1756 Spanish elm1756 trumpet-tree1756 ahuehuete1778 ocote1787 locust tree1795 Madeira wood1796 peroba1813 roble1814 louro1816 cecropia1824 purple heart1825 wallaba1825 trumpet-wood1836 gumbo-limbo1837 poui1838 quebracho1839 snake-wood1843 yacca1843 horseflesh wood1851 necklace tree1858 Honduras rosewood1860 turanira1862 softwood1864 wattle-wood1864 balsa tree1866 primavera1871 rauli1874 lemon-wood1879 wheel-tree1882 Spanish stopper1883 gurgeon-stopper1884 pinkwood-tree1884 stopper1884 sloth-tree1885 imbaubaa1893 Spanish cedar1907 amarant1909 Parana pine1916 imbuya1919 mastic-bully1920 banak1921 timbo1924 becuiba1934 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 1813 J. Turnbull Voy. round World (ed. 2) 27 The forests of the Brazils are not excelled, perhaps not equalled, by those of Europe. The trees mostly used for ship-building are known by the country names of Sipipira, Peroba, and Loura. 1868 R. F. Burton Let. 26 Aug. in Lett. Battle-fields Paraguay (1870) 344 Brazilian sucupira and peroba, more rigid and durable than our heart of oak. 1875 T. Laslett Timber & Timber Trees xxv. 184 Peroba is stronger than teak, but not so heavy. 1920 A. L. Howard Man. Timbers of World 209 Peroba Branca... The wood is light greyish-yellow in colour, close and fine in the grain. 1920 A. L. Howard Man. Timbers of World 210 Peroba Rosa... This wood is of a pale rose colour with some darker streaks. 1936 Nature 9 May 790/2 First Class restaurant [of the Queen Mary]: Peroba, with feature panels in selected maple burr. 1978 Sunday Times 18 June (Colour Suppl.) 47/1 Once lush rain forest, ablaze with jacaranda and peroba trees, settlement is rapidly turning into a wasteland. 1999 Seed Sci. & Technol. 27 283 Peroba-rosa (Aspidosperma polyneuron M.Arg.) is a tropical forest species whose wood is intensively employed in general building. < as lemmas |
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