An elm tree, esp. the wych elm, Ulmus glabra (now historical and rare). Occasionally also: †a hornbeam (genus Carpinus) (obsolete).
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| 释义 | the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > [noun] > hardwood tree > particular hardwood trees or shrubs (14) witch hazela1400 An elm tree, esp. the wych elm, Ulmus glabra (now historical and rare). Occasionally also: †a hornbeam (genus Carpinus) (obsolete). mazer?c1475 The tree yielding this wood; a maple tree (Acer campestre). Obsolete. hardbeam1544 The hornbeam, Carpinus betulus; (also) the wood of this tree. sugar-chest1545 Applied to the hard wood of various trees and to the trees themselves: see quots. hornbeam1577 A tree of the genus Carpinus (family Betulaceæ), native to Asia, Europe, and North America, esp. C. betulus, the common hornbeam, which is native… yoke tree1585 †(a) = yoke elm n. (obsolete); (b) a part of a yoke (sense 1a), esp. the body or main crosspiece; (c) Caribbean a mastwood tree (Catalpa longissima). yoke elm1597 a hornbeam tree (genus Carpinus); = yoke tree n. (a). iron tree1623 Any of several trees and shrubs yielding very hard heavy wood; spec. (a) Mesua ferrea (family Calophyllaceae), native to Sri Lanka and introduced in… ironwood1672 More fully ironwood tree. Any of the trees which yield such wood. horn-wood1731 = hornbeam, n. horse-beech1731 the Hornbeam (see beech, n. 2). horn-beech1771 = hornbeam, n. hardwood1842 Australian. Any of several trees yielding particularly hard wood, esp. (in full Johnstone River hardwood) Backhousia bancroftii (family Myrtaceae)… stonewood1863 name for various trees with very hard wood (see quots.), or the wood itself. |
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