释义 |
jarrah /ˈdʒarə /nounA eucalyptus tree native to western Australia, yielding durable timber.- Eucalyptus marginata, family Myrtaceae.
Busselton had become a thriving port for shipments of jarrah, karri and tuart timber from the local forests....- The old Western standards of cedar and redwood have been joined by imported lumbers: jarrah (a member of the eucalyptus family) from western Australia, ipe from South America, and mahogany from Central America.
- All the timber used, including the matchstick screens of the garage and the double-height oriel above, is recycled jarrah - a tough Australian hardwood - some of it sourced from an old wharf from the port of Fremantle in Western Australia.
Origin Mid 19th century: from Nyungar djarryl, jerrhyl. Rhymes para, Tara |