英语词汇“ironwood tree”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

2. More fully ironwood tree. Any of the trees which yield such wood.Among the many species to be given this name are the North American hop hornbeam (genus Ostrya), and hornbeam, Carpinus caroliniana; several (chiefly tropical) trees of the genus Sideroxylon (family Sapotaceae); the break-axe tree, Sloanea jamaicensis, and Erythroxylum areolatum (family Erythroxylaceae) of the Caribbean; the pyinkado, Xylia xylocarpa, and Mesua ferrea (family Calophyllaceae; cf. iron tree n.) of South and South-East Asia; two South African olive trees, Olea capensis and O. laurifolia; the rata of New Zealand (genus Metrosideros) and related trees; the she-oaks (genus Casuarina) and any of several acacias native to Australia and other areas.bastard, black, desert, red ironwood, etc.: see the first element.

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1672 R. Blome Descr. Jamaica 77 Here are great variety of Trees, fit for several uses, as the Locust, Mastick, Red-wood, the prickled-Yellow-wood, the Ironwood-Tree, and the Cedar Tree, which are fit for building.

1693 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 17 621 An Ironwood from the Cape, and another from Barbados.

1708 J. Oldmixon Brit. Empire in Amer. II. 96 There's the Bastard Locust, the Iron Wood, so call'd from its Weight and Hardness; it grows very tall, blossoms twice a year.

1796 J. G. Stedman Narr. Exped. Surinam II. xvii. 17 The iron-wood-tree, so called from the gravity and permanent quality of its timber, grows to about sixty feet in height.

1850 J. E. Methley New Colony Port Natal (ed. 2) 31 There is also the ironwood (olea undulata), which for its hard grain and durability is used for the axles of waggons.

1852 J. Richardson Arctic Searching Exped. App. iii. 437 Ostrya virginica, hop hornbeam. This tree, which has also the trivial name of iron-wood, grows as far north as the River Winnipeg.

1859 A. H. R. Grisebach Flora Brit. W. Indian Islands (1864) 95 Among the timber-trees, Sloanea jamaicensis (Iron-wood, or Break-axe-wood) is remarkable for its toughness.

1872 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 271 The ravines..are well stocked with a species of lignum-vitæ, known here as ‘ironwood’.

1875 T. Laslett Timber & Timber Trees xxi. 129 The Pyengadu, or Iron-wood tree,..is a species of Acacia, of straight growth, found in the Burmese forests.

1892 R. Carrick N.Z.'s Lone lands 22 The rata, or ironwood, of New Zealand,..was getting into colour..in these parts.

1916 Hawaiian Planter’s Rec. 14 61 Assuming that planting is projected with a view to protection of crops or animals.., first among our trees tested and acclimated are the Causarinias [sic], or Ironwoods.

1960 Times 18 July 7/7 On the Murranji one of the dangers is the poisonous ironwood tree which kills many cattle.

1970 D. Stivens Horse of Air 113 A brilliant green ironwood (Acacia estrophiolata). With its rounded top it looked like a topiarized English oak.

1999 Independent on Sunday 7 Feb. (Travel section) 9/2 Black cockatoos wheel off through the ironwoods, and bustards stalk between the termite mounds.

2007 Flora Internat. Aug. 54 Sri Lanka's National Tree is the densely leafed Ceylon Ironwood.

单词	ironwood tree
释义	> as lemmas ironwood tree 2. More fully ironwood tree. Any of the trees which yield such wood.Among the many species to be given this name are the North American hop hornbeam (genus Ostrya), and hornbeam, Carpinus caroliniana; several (chiefly tropical) trees of the genus Sideroxylon (family Sapotaceae); the break-axe tree, Sloanea jamaicensis, and Erythroxylum areolatum (family Erythroxylaceae) of the Caribbean; the pyinkado, Xylia xylocarpa, and Mesua ferrea (family Calophyllaceae; cf. iron tree n.) of South and South-East Asia; two South African olive trees, Olea capensis and O. laurifolia; the rata of New Zealand (genus Metrosideros) and related trees; the she-oaks (genus Casuarina) and any of several acacias native to Australia and other areas.bastard, black, desert, red ironwood, etc.: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > [noun] > hardwood tree > particular hardwood trees or shrubs witch hazela1400 mazer?c1475 hardbeam1544 sugar-chest1545 hornbeam1577 yoke tree1585 yoke elm1597 iron tree1623 ironwood1672 horn-wood1731 horse-beech1731 horn-beech1771 hardwood1842 stonewood1863 1672 R. Blome Descr. Jamaica 77 Here are great variety of Trees, fit for several uses, as the Locust, Mastick, Red-wood, the prickled-Yellow-wood, the Ironwood-Tree, and the Cedar Tree, which are fit for building. 1693 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 17 621 An Ironwood from the Cape, and another from Barbados. 1708 J. Oldmixon Brit. Empire in Amer. II. 96 There's the Bastard Locust, the Iron Wood, so call'd from its Weight and Hardness; it grows very tall, blossoms twice a year. 1796 J. G. Stedman Narr. Exped. Surinam II. xvii. 17 The iron-wood-tree, so called from the gravity and permanent quality of its timber, grows to about sixty feet in height. 1850 J. E. Methley New Colony Port Natal (ed. 2) 31 There is also the ironwood (olea undulata), which for its hard grain and durability is used for the axles of waggons. 1852 J. Richardson Arctic Searching Exped. App. iii. 437 Ostrya virginica, hop hornbeam. This tree, which has also the trivial name of iron-wood, grows as far north as the River Winnipeg. 1859 A. H. R. Grisebach Flora Brit. W. Indian Islands (1864) 95 Among the timber-trees, Sloanea jamaicensis (Iron-wood, or Break-axe-wood) is remarkable for its toughness. 1872 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 271 The ravines..are well stocked with a species of lignum-vitæ, known here as ‘ironwood’. 1875 T. Laslett Timber & Timber Trees xxi. 129 The Pyengadu, or Iron-wood tree,..is a species of Acacia, of straight growth, found in the Burmese forests. 1892 R. Carrick N.Z.'s Lone lands 22 The rata, or ironwood, of New Zealand,..was getting into colour..in these parts. 1916 Hawaiian Planter’s Rec. 14 61 Assuming that planting is projected with a view to protection of crops or animals.., first among our trees tested and acclimated are the Causarinias [sic], or Ironwoods. 1960 Times 18 July 7/7 On the Murranji one of the dangers is the poisonous ironwood tree which kills many cattle. 1970 D. Stivens Horse of Air 113 A brilliant green ironwood (Acacia estrophiolata). With its rounded top it looked like a topiarized English oak. 1999 Independent on Sunday 7 Feb. (Travel section) 9/2 Black cockatoos wheel off through the ironwoods, and bustards stalk between the termite mounds. 2007 Flora Internat. Aug. 54 Sri Lanka's National Tree is the densely leafed Ceylon Ironwood. extracted from ironwoodn. < as lemmas
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