| 单词 | andaman marblewood |
| 释义 | > as lemmasAndaman marblewood 2. Such timber from any of several trees of the genus Diospyros (family Ebenaceae); esp. (more fully Andaman marblewood) the timber of the tree D. marmorata of the Andaman Islands. Also: any of the trees yielding such timber. Also called zebrawood. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > ebony > types of cocus1794 calamander1804 wamara1840 omander1843 Coromandel1845 marblewood1890 1890 Cent. Dict. Marblewood, a large tree of the ebony family, Diospyros Kurzii, native in British Burma and the Andaman Islands. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 956/1 Other first-class timbers are koko (Albizzia lebbek),..marble or zebra wood (Diospyros kurzii) and satin-wood. 1971 F. H. Titmuss Commerc. Timbers World (ed. 4) 204 Andaman marblewood is a straight grained, fine and evenly textured hardwood that has an attractive figuring of dark or black bands on a grey-brown or a light grey background. 1987 D. J. Mabberley Plant-bk. 186 Diospyros... Other timbers incl. marblewood or zebrawood with streaked or marbled figure esp. from D. marmorata.., D. oocarpa..& calamander or Coromandel wood (D. quaesita). < as lemmas |
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