| 单词 | white beech |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhite beech white beech n. (a) the pale wood of any of various beech trees; (also) a tree producing such wood, esp. the American beech, Fagus grandifolia (now rare); (b) Australian the pale wood of any of several tropical trees of the genus Gmelina (family Lamiaceae); (also) a tree producing such wood, esp. G. leichhardtii of eastern Australia. ΚΠ 1637 T. Morton New Eng. Canaan ii. ii. 63 Beech there is of two sorts, redd and white.] 1702 R. Neve Apopiroscopy i. 34 The whitest Wood, and such as the Grain is least visible in, is fitest for this purpose; as Aspen, Abel, Sycamore, Maple or good white Beech. 1871 Sydney Morning Herald 28 Sept. 5/5 There is a great variety in the timber; the black-apple, red ash..white beech. 1913 C. H. Otis Michigan Trees 93 Beech. White Beech... Fagus grandifolia. 1985 Jrnl. Animal Ecol. 54 510 Drosophila pseudotakahashii..is absent from both collections of white beech (Gmelina leichhardtii). 2008 Wisconsin State Jrnl. 13 July (Slumberland Furniture Suppl.) 5 (advt.) Oak veneers and white beech solids in amber or black finish. < as lemmas |
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