| 释义 |
ga·boon
I. noun
or ga·bun \gəˈbün, (ˈ)ga|b-, (ˈ)gä|b-\
(-s)
1. capitalized, in former classifications : any of the Negro people of the Gabon Republic
2.
a. or gaboon mahogany
(1) : a light soft attractively grained pink to pinkish brown African wood
(2) : a tree yielding gaboon (especially Aucoumea klaineana and Canarium schweinfurthii)
b. : a high-grade black ebony obtained chiefly from the Gabon region of Africa
II. \(ˈ)gä|bün, gəˈb-\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: alteration of gob (I) (lump of tobacco) + -oon (as in spittoon)
dialect : cuspidor, spittoon |