| 单词 | slow match tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmasslow match tree slow match tree n. a deciduous tree of southern and south-east Asia, Careya arborea (family Lecythidaceae), bearing a rounded green fruit and having fibrous bark formerly used to make slow match. ΚΠ 1855 J. F. Royle Fibrous Plants India 301 The stringy bark of a tree called koombhee (Careya arborea) is employed by the natives of the countries along the foot of the Himalayas as a slow match for their match-lock guns.] 1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants Slow-match tree, Careya arborea. ?1950 J. F. Dastur Useful Plants India Pakistan 66 English Names: Slow Match Tree, Wild Guava. Description: A large, stout, glabrous, deciduous tree. 2016 Hindu (Nexis) 20 May The 5,000 sq. ft Chavady [sc. a 16th-cent. mud palace] is now being..cemented together using a mixture of slaked lime, sugarcane molasses and extract from leaves of Slow Match Tree (Careya arborea) as was used in its original construction. < as lemmas |
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