单词 | saffraan |
释义 | saffraann. A large evergreen forest tree, Cassine crocea, of the family Celastraceæ, found in coastal areas of south-eastern Africa, and bearing yellowish bark and clusters of greenish flowers followed by white plum-shaped fruit; also, the hard light brown wood of this tree. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ 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 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [noun] > African shittima1382 citrus1555 cam-wood1699 jacaranda1753 kokerboom1774 quiver tree1789 geelhout1790 rooihout1790 yellowwood1790 mat-wood1792 assegai1793 assegai tree1793 hardpear1801 rooi els1801 argan1809 beaver-wood1810 mat tree1812 saffraan1819 salie1819 sneezewood1834 African teak1842 hyawaballi1851 sage-wood1854 mvule1858 til1858 yari-yari1858 cannibal stinkwood1859 kiaat1862 knobwood1862 milkwood1862 tryssil1862 sulphur-tree1863 khaya1864 cailcedra1866 flat-crown1868 umzimbeet1870 kuka1882 odum1887 iroko1890 opepe1891 Natal mahogany1904 muhimbi1906 obeche1906 agba1908 makoré1915 afara1920 agboin1920 abura1921 podo1922 afrormosia1923 guarea1936 Mansonia1936 dahoma1955 utile1956 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > saffraan saffraan1819 saffron-wood1854 1819 C. G. Curtis Acct. Colony Cape Good Hope 72 Saffran hout... Close and hard. 1831 G. Greig S. Afr. Almanac 187 The other woods most in request, and found in Albany are..Red and White Pear, Saffran. 1854 L. Pappe Silva Capensis 11 Saffronwood; Saffraan-hout. Branches much spreading. 1950 Cape Argus 22 Apr. (Mag.) 2/3 He points to a..saffraan, as the oldest inhabitant of the Cape Town gardens. 1953 Cape Argus 28 Feb. (Mag.) 3/7 Near the fountain were some high Saffraan pear trees. 1957 Cape Times 26 July 11/1 Holes are being dug..for about 80 shade trees. The species agreed upon..are saffraan and milk-wood. 1973 Eastern Province Herald (Port Elizabeth) 28 May 13 A typical wagon of the Great Trek period would have had..wheel falloes of hard pear or saffraan. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1982; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1819 |
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