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单词 black ironwood
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black ironwood
black ironwood n. any of several tropical and subtropical trees having dark-coloured, extremely dense and durable wood; spec. Krugiodendron ferreum (family Rhamnaceae) of tropical America, and any of several olives of southern Africa, including Olea laurifolia and O. capensis; (also) the wood of any of these trees.
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1780 R. Weston Suppl. Eng. Flora 40 Sideroxylon..Black Ironwood.
1796 C. R. Hopson tr. C. P. Thunberg Trav. (ed. 3) II. 109 Black iron wood [Ger. das schwarze Eisenholz]..is hard and strong; it is used for axle-trees and the poles of waggons.
1868 R. J. Mann Colony Natal xx. 161 It is well worth considering whether it might not also be advisable to plant some of the more valuable kinds of native trees, such as the..black iron-wood, and red milk-wood.
1939 Florida: Guide to Southernmost State (Federal Writers' Project) iii. 328 On the keys grow 27 varieties of hardwood, some so heavy they will not float in water—notably, the madeira, tamarind,..and black ironwood.
2011 S. D. Jewell Exploring Wild South Florida (ed. 4) 196/1 You'll see..black ironwood, Jamaica dogwood, and paradise-tree.
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