单词 | soft-wooded |
释义 | soft-woodedadj. Having relatively soft wood. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > [adjective] > having soft wood soft-wooded1778 1778 J. Abercrombie Universal Gardener & Botanist at Laying Trees and shrubs of the soft-wooded kinds. 1827 H. Steuart Planter's Guide (1828) 41 The soft-wooded Trees, such as the Lime and the Horsechestnut. 1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 91 A forest of soft-wooded plants and palms. 1973 A. LaBastille Ecol. Surv. Proposed Volcano Baru National Park, Republic of Panama 53 Management techniques would include girdling soft-wooded tree species. 2014 Courier Mail (Austral.) (Nexis) 2 Nov. 20 Soft wooded trees such as jacaranda and poinciana are particularly prone to decay following pruning. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1778 |
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