单词 | mastwood |
释义 | > as lemmasmastwood mastwood n. any of several Caribbean trees used for timber; spec. (a) (in full yellow mastwood), Zanthoxylum coriaceum (family Rutaceae); (b) Catalpa longissima (family Bignoniaceae); (c) bully mastic, Sideroxylon foetidissimum. ΚΠ 1864 A. H. R. Grisebach Flora Brit. W. Indian Islands 785/2 Mastwood, yellow: Tobinia coriacea. 1909 W. Indian Bull. 9 316 Yokewood, Mast-wood, French Oak, Spanish Oak. 1941 C. Swabey Principal Timbers Jamaica 33 Yokewood—(French Oak, Mast Wood, Jamaica Oak)... Grows in the dry coastal plains. 1998 S. Carrington Wild Plants E. Caribbean 72/2 Sideroxylon foetidissimum..mast wood... Value as a timber led to its virtual extinction in Barbados. < as lemmas |
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