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单词 afrormosia
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Definition of afrormosia in English:

afrormosia

noun ˌafrɔːˈməʊzɪə
  • 1mass noun The valuable timber of a tropical tree, resembling teak and used for furniture.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Timbers are also prominent: English elm for the balcony boards and, for storage, afrormosia - a hard wood with a close grain similar to teak - and contribute a warm, natural feel to the interior.
    • The need for wood trim on glass boats cannot be too highly stressed, in my opinion - the result is mahogany trim in the cabin, afrormosia handrails on deck and, perhaps most important of all, a varnished afrormosia sheerstrake and capping to set off the sheer.
    • The aluminium balustrade with afrormosia handrail supports an angled hardwood book rest and the cast aluminium reading lamp, with a curved metal stem, springs from a hardwood post on the side.
    • They made teak and afrormosia furniture in the 'sixties to a modern design.
    • These new oils are used extensively in modern teak and afrormosia furniture, but the resultant finish hardly compares with the older process.
  • 2The tree that yields afrormosia timber, occurring mainly in West Africa.

    Genus Pericopsis (formerly Afrormosia), family Leguminosae: several species, especially P. elata and P. laxiflora

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Pericopsis elata largely known as Assamela or Afrormosia, is a high tree, belonging to the Fabaceae family, often found in the semi-deciduous forest types.
    • Also known as Afrormosia, Kokrodua and Assamela, the African teak (Pericopsis elata) has brown, green or yellow-brown bark.
    • Afrormosia is an economically important timber species that is considered an excellent alternative to teak.
    • Four years ago, the conglomerate was awarded a massive logging concession of more than 100,000 square miles just to the south of the town, and it is now felling the forest for the precious afrormosia tree - African teak.
    • One such threatened species is the tropical hardwood know as afrormosia or African teak.

Origin

1920s: modern Latin, from Afro- + the related genus name Ormosia, formed irregularly from Greek hormos 'necklace' (because necklaces were strung with the seeds).

 
 
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