| 单词 | camphor-wood |
| 释义 | > as lemmascamphor-wood camphor-wood n. the popular name for several trees (including preceding) of the families Dipterocarpaceæ and Lauraceæ, or the wood from these trees, which is fragrant. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > [noun] > characterized by fragrant wood > camphor tree camphor tree1876 camphor-wood1923 1923 W. Dallimore & A. B. Jackson Handbk. Coniferæ ii. 173 Callitris verrucosa, R. Brown. Turpentine Pine..Camphor Wood; Rock Pine. 1950 C. W. Bond Colonial Timbers 55 In spite of its hardness Borneo camphorwood is pleasant to work. 1950 C. W. Bond Colonial Timbers 63 East African camphorwood is interesting. 1955 World Timbers (Timber Development Assoc.) II. 9 Borneo Camphorwood [Dryobalanops aromatica] should not be confused with East African Camphorwood (Ocotea usambarensis)..nor with true camphorwood (Cinnamomum camphora). 1965 Austral. Encycl. II. 247/2 Camphorwood is the name standardized in the timber trade for the indigenous C[innamomum] oliveri. < as lemmas |
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