| 单词 | wood of rhodium |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswood of rhodium 1. More fully rhodium wood. A rose-scented wood derived from the rootstock and lower part of the stem of either of two species of bindweed, Convolvulus floridus and C. scoparius, native to the Canary Islands. Also †wood of rhodium. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > [noun] > fragrant woods agalloch1543 rhodium1580 calambac1594 xylobalsamum1616 rosewood1633 eagle-wood1669 calambour1685 rhodian wood1721 santal1728 tambac1728 jacaranda1830 turanira-wood1884 1580 T. Newton Approoued Med. 15 Aspalathos. The wood Rhodium. This tree decoct and gargalled healeth corrupt ulcers in the mouth, it groweth in Creta. 1653 N. Culpeper Pharmacopœia Londinensis 39/1 Firr, Wood of Aloes, Rhodium, Brazil, Box, Willow, Cipress [etc.]. 1736 Compl. Family-piece i. iv. 177 Take..Rhodium Wood, yellow Saunders, each 6 Drams. 1755 New & Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. IV. 2735/1 Jamaica affords a wood, called, by the people there, rosewood; which, though not the rhodium of the shops, has nevertheless much of its smell. 1867 Pharm. Jrnl. & Trans. 8 576 Turning to the Old World, we may note the disappearance of the sweet-scented Rhodium Wood once found in our shops. 1887 Amer. Druggist Feb. 35/1 Rhodium wood, or Canary Islands rose-wood is seldom to be had in the market at the present time. 1900 Meyer Brothers Druggist Dec. 377/2 Rhodium wood..is probably one of the hardest woods known. It is necessary to have specially constructed saws to saw and reduce it for distilling. 1997 N. Groom New Perfume Handbk. (ed. 2) 284 Rhodium Oil,..an oil distilled from underground parts of the wood of two shrub-like species of Convolvulus.., known as Rhodium, Rosewood, and Aspalathus. < as lemmas |
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