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hyawaballi|ˌhaɪəwəˈbælɪ|
Also haiariballi, hiawaballi, haiowaballi.
[Arawak (Makuchi) hyawaballi, f. hyawa + -balli resembling.]
A timber tree of Guyana, Tetragastris panamensis.
1851Illustr. Catal. Gt. Exhib. iv. 985/1 Transverse and vertical sections of the hyawaballi tree, from the River Demerara. 1887Colonial & Indian Exhib. Rep. Col. Sect. 451 Hiawa-Balli. 1917Timehri IV. 260 Hiawa-balli... Hard, heavy, compact, fine grain. 1943Record & Hess Timbers of New World 109/2 The Haiowaballi of British Guiana is T[etragastris] panamensis. 1952D. B. Fanshawe Vegetation Brit. Guiana 60 Tetragastris sp. (Haiawaballi) community. 1956Handbk. Hardwoods (Forest Prod. Res. Lab.) 107 Haiariballi is a timber of British Guiana. Material received at the Laboratory showed the timber to be worthless for commercial sawing. |