| 单词 | purplewood |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspurplewood purplewood n. any of several purplish tropical American woods, esp. purpleheart (cf. purple heart n. 1a). ΚΠ 1755 R. Goade Boerhaave's Materia Medica 67 Campechianum lignum. Logwood. A purple Wood brought over in Logs... It is the Heart of a large Tree, native of the hotter Parts of America. 1776 W. J. Mickle tr. L. de Camoens Lusiad x. 477 That mighty realm for purple wood renown'd, Shall stretch the Lusian empire's western bound. 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products 307/1 Purple-wood, an undefined Brazilian wood, principally used for ramrods, and occasionally for buhl work, marquetry, and turning. 1923 Burlington Mag. June 292/1 The remaining secrétaire stamped by Riesener..goes further in simplicity of woodwork—panels of thuja, with borders of purple-wood (amaranthe). 1999 Grosvenor House Art & Antiques Fair: 1999 Handbk. 141/4 Boxwood stringing, set into the purplewood, enhances the line of the shaped apron and splay feet. < as lemmas |
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