| 单词 | african rosewood |
| 释义 | > as lemmasAfrican rosewood African rosewood n. the hard, fine-grained timber of any of various African leguminous trees, esp. of the genera Pterocarpus and Guibourtia, which is typically reddish-brown in colour and used to make veneers, furniture, and musical instruments; (also) a tree producing such timber. ΚΠ 1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. I. 196*/1 (table) Rosewood, African. 1917 Jewelers' Circular 25 July 175/1 Case building somewhat in the old English Style... Mahogany with African rosewood panels in the plinth. 1979 Ebony Oct. 36/1 (advt.) Your choice of male or female busts, carved out of African Rosewood, the second most precious wood in the world. 2004 Tool & Machinery Catal. 2005 (Axminster Power Tool Centre Ltd.) xvi. 48/2 Sometimes called African Rosewood, Bubinga has delicate red-brown colouring with lighter red to purple veining. < as lemmas |
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