kamassin.

Brit.

/kəˈmasi/, U.S.

/kəˈmæsi/, South African English

/kəˈmʌsi/

Forms: Also camassie, kamasse, kamassie.

Etymology: < Afrikaans kammassie, < an African language.

South African.

A South African evergreen tree, Gonioma kamassi, of the family Apocynaceæ, or its hard yellow wood. Also attributive.

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1793 C. R. Hopson tr. C. P. Thunberg Trav. II. 110 Camassie wood (Camassie-hout), is merely a shrub, and consequently produces small pieces only, which serve for veneering.

1814 R. B. Fisher Importance of Cape Good Hope 84 The kamasse, a sort of bark, being the rhind or shavings of the tree of that name.

1907 T. R. Sim Forests & Forest Flora Cape Good Hope 323 The Knysna export under the name of Boxwood was all, or mostly, Kamassi-wood, without any Boxwood.

1924 S. J. Record & C. D. Mell Timbers Trop. Amer. 506 One of the two South African woods known to the world trade is the so-called Knysna or Kamassi boxwood.

1935 L. Chalk et al. Forest Trees & Timbers Brit. Empire III. 15 Kamassi attains about 40 ft. in height and generally a maximum girth of 2 to 3 ft.

1935 L. Chalk et al. Forest Trees & Timbers Brit. Empire III. 17 Kamassi is one of the two timbers exported from South Africa regularly in small quantities.

1951 Dict. Gardening (Royal Hort. Soc.) II. 908/2 G[onioma] Kamassi. Evergreen shrub... Yields the hard Kamassi wood of S. Africa.

1973 E. Palmer & N. Pitman Trees Southern Afr. III. 1905 Kamassi occurs in numbers in the Midland forests of the Cape.

1973 E. Palmer & N. Pitman Trees Southern Afr. III. 1906 It is exported in small quantities, as is Cape box for which kamassie is often mistaken.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	kamassi
释义	kamassin. Brit. /kəˈmasi/, U.S. /kəˈmæsi/, South African English /kəˈmʌsi/ Forms: Also camassie, kamasse, kamassie. Etymology: < Afrikaans kammassie, < an African language. South African. A South African evergreen tree, Gonioma kamassi, of the family Apocynaceæ, or its hard yellow wood. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > African trees or shrubs > [noun] > evergreens kamassi1793 Mimusops1836 silk-bark1851 wild chestnut1854 mohonono1857 kippersol1893 Cape chestnut1912 sausage-tree1915 moepel1934 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > other woods of African trees > Southern African kamassi1793 kiaat1801 sneezewood1834 tambouki wood1837 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [adjective] > other African woods citron1627 sapele1904 kamassi1907 1793 C. R. Hopson tr. C. P. Thunberg Trav. II. 110 Camassie wood (Camassie-hout), is merely a shrub, and consequently produces small pieces only, which serve for veneering. 1814 R. B. Fisher Importance of Cape Good Hope 84 The kamasse, a sort of bark, being the rhind or shavings of the tree of that name. 1907 T. R. Sim Forests & Forest Flora Cape Good Hope 323 The Knysna export under the name of Boxwood was all, or mostly, Kamassi-wood, without any Boxwood. 1924 S. J. Record & C. D. Mell Timbers Trop. Amer. 506 One of the two South African woods known to the world trade is the so-called Knysna or Kamassi boxwood. 1935 L. Chalk et al. Forest Trees & Timbers Brit. Empire III. 15 Kamassi attains about 40 ft. in height and generally a maximum girth of 2 to 3 ft. 1935 L. Chalk et al. Forest Trees & Timbers Brit. Empire III. 17 Kamassi is one of the two timbers exported from South Africa regularly in small quantities. 1951 Dict. Gardening (Royal Hort. Soc.) II. 908/2 G[onioma] Kamassi. Evergreen shrub... Yields the hard Kamassi wood of S. Africa. 1973 E. Palmer & N. Pitman Trees Southern Afr. III. 1905 Kamassi occurs in numbers in the Midland forests of the Cape. 1973 E. Palmer & N. Pitman Trees Southern Afr. III. 1906 It is exported in small quantities, as is Cape box for which kamassie is often mistaken. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1793
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