单词 | afrormosia |
释义 | afrormosia[ af-rawr-moh-zee-uh, -zhuh, -rohr- ] / ˌæf rɔrˈmoʊ zi ə, -ʒə, -roʊr- / nouna tree, Pericopsis elata (or Afrormosia elata), of western Africa, having wood that resembles teak and is used in cabinetwork. the wood of this tree. Origin of afrormosia<New Latin (1906), originally the genus name, equivalent to Latin Āfr-, stem of Āfer (adj.) African + New Latin Ormosia a genus to which the plant was first attributed (irregular from Greek hórmos necklace + New Latin -ia-ia; so called because the seeds of the plant were strung as necklaces) Words nearby afrormosiaAfro-Latina, Afro-Latino, Afro-Latinx, Afro-pessimism, Afro-pop, afrormosia, A.F.S., AFSCME, AFSLAET, aft, after Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for afrormosiaafrormosia / (ˌæfrɔːˈməʊzɪə) / nouna hard teaklike wood obtained from tropical African trees of the leguminous genus Pericopsis Word Origin for afrormosiaC20: from Afro- + Ormosia (genus name) Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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