单词 | keyaki |
释义 | keyakin. A deciduous tree, Zelkova serrata (family Ulmaceae), native to Japan and other parts of eastern Asia, commonly planted as a shade tree and formerly for timber. Also: the pale, fine grained, elm-like timber of this tree. Cf. zelkova n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [noun] > Asian mahua1610 jambee1704 hinoki1727 sugi1727 meranti1783 merbau1783 sal1789 sundri1799 calamander1804 sissoo1810 toon1810 looking-glass tree1822 East India mahogany1829 pyinkado1832 dhamnoo1834 haldu1836 jelutong1836 zelkova1836 cryptomeria1838 kempas1839 shisham1849 jarul1850 Japan cedar1852 mast tree1862 keyaki1863 petwood1866 alstonia1867 Malacca cane1874 Japanese cedar1880 mowra1883 seraya1893 o-matsu1916 dhaman1923 sepetir1927 kapur1935 mengkulang1940 ramin1953 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > other Asian woods agalloch1543 amboyna wood1738 satinwood1773 sal1789 sissoo1810 bilian1812 haldu1836 kempas1839 saj1839 Trincomalee wood1842 rosetta wood1843 model-wood1857 keyaki1863 Macassar ebony1885 lauan1894 pyinkado1896 keruing1921 ramin1953 kapur1963 1863 R. Fortune Yedo & Peking iii. 50 In the woods of this part of Japan there is a very fine elm-tree, called by the Japanese Keaki (Ulmus keaki of Siebold). 1870 T. A. Kendo Treat. Silk & Tea Culture 60 There is a cheap kind of tea used..in Japan, with which the leaf of the Keyaki and, also, that of the Yenoki tree, is largely mixed. 1910 Times 19 July 32/5 Keyaki gives hard and heavy timber and has good elasticity and a beautiful and lustrous grain for shipbuilding purposes. 1948 A. L. Howard Man. Timbers of World (ed. 3) 653 While there is some resemblance to the keyaki of Japan (Z. serrata), there is an entire absence of that beautiful sheen or lustre which the Japanese wood possesses in a high degree. 2007 Oecologia 152 688/2 Keyaki leaves were gathered from the ground on the campus of the University of Tokyo. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1863 |
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