单词 | borneo |
释义 | Borneon. 1. Borneo camphor n. (a) camphor obtained from the tree Dryobalanops sumatrensis, having a more peppery smell than common camphor and consisting chiefly of borneol; (b) (also Borneo camphor tree) a tall evergreen forest tree, Dryobalanops sumatrensis (family Dipterocarpaceae), native to Indonesia and Malaysia, which is the source of Borneo camphor and of a valuable timber (cf. kapur n.). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > extracted or refined oil > [noun] > camphor camphor1313 Sumatra camphora1760 Borneo camphora1811 Malay camphor1837 turpentine camphor1857 tub-camphor1880 Japan camphor1882 Japanese camphor- a1811 J. Leyden in Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap (1814) 7 xi. 6 The Borneo camphor does not exceed the annual quantity of 35 peculs of 125 lbs. 1854 A. Adams et al. Man. Nat. Hist. 462 Borneo-Camphors (Dipterocarpaceae). Large trees; juice resinous; leaves alternate. 1891 W. H. Treacher Brit. Borneo 107 The Borneo camphor tree is found only in Borneo and Sumatra. 1980 J. S. Thayer Earhart Betrayal (1981) 22 Smooth-barked Borneo camphors were shooting up toward the jungle canopy. 2000 A. Dalby Dangerous Tastes 57 Even in China..this product [sc. ‘Chinese camphor’] fetches only a small fraction of the price of the ‘camphor of Baros’ or ‘Borneo camphor’. 2. Borneo caoutchouc n. now rare a kind of natural rubber obtained from certain plants native to Borneo. ΚΠ 1872 Harper's New Monthly Mag. Feb. 469/1 (heading) Dambose, an ingredient of Borneo caoutchouc. 1912 C. A. Browne Handbk. Sugar Anal. xxii. 762 Bornesite... This, the monomethyl ester of i-inosite, was discovered by Girard in crude Borneo caoutchouc. 2001 P. Hanelt Mansfeld’s Encycl. Agric. & Hort. Crops I. 1733 The plant [sc. Willughbeia coriacea] furnishes caoutchouc (getah susu, Borneo-caoutchouc), which is collected from wild and cultivated plants. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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