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单词 khaya
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khayan.

/ˈkʌɪjə//ˈkeɪjə/
Etymology: modern Latin (A. de Jussieu 1830, in Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. XIX. 249), < Wolof khaye.
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.
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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).
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