| 单词 | assegai tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmasassegai tree assegai tree n. [after South African Dutch †assagayboom (1701; Afrikaans assegaaiboom)] = sense 2. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [noun] > African shittima1382 citrus1555 cam-wood1699 jacaranda1753 kokerboom1774 quiver tree1789 geelhout1790 rooihout1790 yellowwood1790 mat-wood1792 assegai1793 assegai tree1793 hardpear1801 rooi els1801 argan1809 beaver-wood1810 mat tree1812 saffraan1819 salie1819 sneezewood1834 African teak1842 hyawaballi1851 sage-wood1854 mvule1858 til1858 yari-yari1858 cannibal stinkwood1859 kiaat1862 knobwood1862 milkwood1862 tryssil1862 sulphur-tree1863 khaya1864 cailcedra1866 flat-crown1868 umzimbeet1870 kuka1882 odum1887 iroko1890 opepe1891 Natal mahogany1904 muhimbi1906 obeche1906 agba1908 makoré1915 afara1920 agboin1920 abura1921 podo1922 afrormosia1923 guarea1936 Mansonia1936 dahoma1955 utile1956 1793 C. R. Hopson tr. C. P. Thunberg Trav. II. 111 The assegay tree (Assagay boom, Curtisia faginea), is used for the poles of waggons, and as shafts for the Hottentots' javelins. 1885 Cassell's Techn. Educator IV. 160 The hassagay-tree (Curtisia faginea) one of the largest timber-trees in Africa. 2004 D. Smiedt Are we there Yet? (2007) xii. 227 These lofty characters are matched in height by the scores of stinkwood.., kalander and assegai trees that form the upper reaches of the forest. < as lemmas |
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