单词 | roble |
释义 | roblen. Any of various Latin American and Californian trees having hard, heavy wood used for construction, shipbuilding, etc.; esp. (a) the valley oak of California, Quercus lobata; (b) the Central and South American timber tree Platymiscium pinnatum (family Fabaceae); (c) a West Indian species of catalpa, C. longissima (now rare); (d) (more fully roble beech) a species of southern beech, Nothofagus obliqua. Also: the timber of any of these trees. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > [noun] > catalpa catalpa1731 French oak1789 roble1814 Shawnee wood1818 Indian bean1843 talpa1926 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 > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > oak and allies > [noun] > other oaks red oakOE cerre-tree1577 gall-tree1597 robur1601 kermes1605 live oak1610 white oak1610 royal oak1616 swamp-oak1683 grey oak1697 rock oak1699 chestnut oak1703 water oak1709 Spanish oak1716 turkey-oak1717 willow oak1717 iron oak1724 maiden oak1725 scarlet oak1738 black jack1765 post oak1775 durmast1791 mountain chestnut oak1801 quercitron oak1803 laurel oak1810 mossy-cup oak1810 rock chestnut oak1810 pin oak1812 overcup oak1814 overcup white oak1814 bur oak1815 jack oak1816 mountain oak1818 shingle-oak1818 gall-oak1835 peach oak1835 golden oak1838 weeping oak1838 Aleppo oak1845 Italian oak1858 dyer's oak1861 Gambel's Oak1878 maul oak1884 punk oak1884 sessile oak1906 Garry oak1908 roble1908 1814 G. A. Thompson Geogr. & Hist. Dict. Amer. & W. Indies IV. 603 The finest..woods for construction, are to be found all over the island, many of which are fit for the royal navy; the best of them are as follows:..Boi d'orange, Roble, Angeline palmiste, etc. 1824 M. Graham Jrnl. Resid. Chile 510 The common height of the roble is thirty yards: some of the trees grow to that of fifty yards and from three to five in thickness. 1853 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 23 279 Roble and asaroble-wood are fit for naval architecture, and indeed vie in quality with the mora, or green-heart of Guayana. 1864 A. H. R. Grisebach Flora Brit. W. Indian Islands Colonial Names Roble, Platymiscium platystachyum. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 987/1 Roble, a shipbuilding wood obtained from Catalpa longissima. 1881 R. N. Boyd Chili xviii. 232 First the ‘Roble’, or oak (Fagus obliqua), a splendid tree, growing to the height of 150 feet, with a hard, durable wood, used for constructing houses. 1885 A. Brassey In Trades 177 There were..the roble (Catalpa longissima), a tree very like an elm [etc.]. 1908 N. L. Britton N. Amer. Trees 337 It [sc. California White Oak, Quercus lobata] is also known as Valley oak, White oak, Swamp oak, and Roble. 1919 Jrnl. Board Agric. Brit. Guiana 12 6 Beans of the ‘Roble’, Platymiscium polystachium, a West Indian tree. 1987 K. Rushforth Tree Planting & Managem. (1990) 185/2 Roble beech is one of the promising species for forestry conditions. It is hardy, being recorded as far north as Aberdeen. 2003 A. Paterson Trees for your Garden 137/3 The roble can grow extraordinarily fast—shoots 3 to 4 feet (90–125 cm) long occur, which is positively at eucalyptus speed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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