| 单词 | messmate stringybark |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmessmate stringybark 2. Australian. Any of several rough-barked eucalypts; spec. the very tall Eucalyptus obliqua of Tasmania and south-eastern Australia (more fully messmate stringybark). Also: the wood of any of these trees. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > Australasian trees > [noun] > eucalyptus trees > string bark stringy-bark1801 string-bark1845 messmate1861 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > eucalyptus > type of morrel1837 red gum wood1843 red gum1846 messmate1861 1861 H. W. Wheelwright Bush Wanderings of Naturalist xiii. 223 The ‘messmet’, as we called it—a species of bastard gum. 1889 J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants Austral. 429 Because it is allied to, or associated with, ‘Stringybark’, it [sc. Eucalyptus amygdalina] is also known by the name of ‘Messmate’. 1915 Bulletin (Sydney) 23 Sept. 24/4 Messmate or bastard stringy are fair fuel. 1962 Forestry Production Newslet. (C.S.I.R.O.) No. 286. 3 (title) Properties of Australian timbers. Messmate Stringybark (Eucalyptus obliqua). 1969 T. H. Everett Living Trees of World 261/2 The red mahogany or red messmate (E. resinifera) produces a strong, durable, easy-to-work red lumber. 1972 T. Keneally Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith xi. 120 The sun coming down steeply but full over the top of the cedar and tall blue messmates of the forest. 1989 L. Cronin Conc. Austral. Flora 192/2 Eucalyptus obliqua. Messmate. Messmate stringybark. < as lemmas |
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