| 单词 | crow's ash |
| 释义 | > as lemmascrow's ash crow's ash n. Australian a rainforest tree, Flindersia australis (family Rutaceae), found in parts of eastern Australia and having a scaly bark and prickly woody fruits; (also) the timber of this tree, which is hard, yellowish, and oily. ΚΠ 1852 J. D. Lang Hist. Acct. New S. Wales (ed. 3) II. 71 The casks are made of various sorts of indigenous timber, called the silky oak, the spotted gum, and the crow's-ash; of which the first mentioned is the best. 1903 Austral. Handbk. 279 Other orders..furnish..large-sized timber, particularly the following:—..‘Crow's Ash’ (Flindersia australis). 1949 F. N. Howes Veg. Gums & Resins vi. 75 F. australis, (‘cudgerie’ or ‘crow's ash’)..yields a similar gum and that of F. bennetiana is also water-soluble. 1999 Westside News (Brisbane) 13 Oct. 1/2 Bunya pine, crows ash, figs, tuckeroos and melaleuca trees in the park had been spiked with metal rods to prevent them being chain sawed to the ground to make way for the bypass. < as lemmas |
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