单词 | khaya |
释义 | khayan. A tropical African tree of the genus so called, belonging to the family Meliaceæ; the timber of a tree of this kind, better known as African mahogany. 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 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > other woods of African trees citron1627 yellowwood1790 citron wood1880 Gaboon1921 dahoma1955 khaya1956 1864 J. A. Grant Walk across Afr. xiv. 340 A variety of resinous trees were also found—Boswellia, Bahamodendron, Khaya, Soymida, &c. 1910 H. Thompson Gold Coast: Rep. Forests 38 in Parl. Papers (Cd. 4993) LXV. 201 Khayas and Pseudocedrelas were frequently met with in this direction [sc. to the east of N'kwansia]. 1916 C. E. Lane-Poole List of Trees Sierra Leone 53 The Khayas yield the African Mahogany so esteemed in Europe. 1920 Nature 29 July 692/1 The various species of Khaya, the African mahoganies. 1936 J. D. Kennedy Forest Flora S. Nigeria 157 A characteristic of Khaya seedlings is the very long drip-tip on the primary leaves. 1956 Handbk. Hardwoods (Forest Products Res. Lab.) 138 Mahogany, African... Other names..khaya (United States). 1962 J. M. Watt & M. G. Breyer-Brandwijk Med. & Poisonous Plants S. & E. Afr. (ed. 2) 1406/3 Khaya grandifoliola... African mahogany, Bigleaf mahogany (Uganda), Khaya mahogany. 1962 J. M. Watt & M. G. Breyer-Brandwijk Med. & Poisonous Plants S. & E. Afr. (ed. 2) 1406/3 Khaya nyasica... Khaya mahogany. 1964 R. W. J. Keay et al. Nigerian Trees II. 259 Although known to the trade as ‘Benin Mahogany’, this species [sc. Khaya grandifolia] is not the typical Khaya of the southern Benin forests. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1864 |
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