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angelina Bot.|ændʒəˈliːnə|
Also 7 angelin.
[f. angel n.: see -ina.]
A genus of Leguminosæ, native chiefly to tropical America, comprising trees of moderate height, with showy purple flowers.
1663H. Cogan tr. Pinto's Trav. xlviii. 188 A world of Angelin-wood, Chestnuts, Trees, Oak, and Cedar, wherewith thousands of Ships may be made. 1783Howard Encycl., Angelina, in botany, a tree growing in the rocky and sandy places in Malabar, in the East Indies. 1879Syd. Soc. Lex., Angelina, the Andira inermis.
Add:b. The wood of the angelin tree.
1878Anal. Returns Queries Colonial Timber 41 in Parl. Papers 1878–79 (C. 2197) L. 557 There are large quantities of valuable timber, such as..angelin, which are inaccessible from want of roads. 1889G. S. Boulger Uses of Plants vii. 183 The Colonial and Indian Exhibition has called attention to various useful woods of this class, such as..Angelin. 1971F. H. Titmuss Commerc. Timbers of World (ed. 4) 49 Angelin is rather hard to work but can be brought to a good surface. |