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单词 minnerichi tree
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minnerichi tree
A shrub or small tree, Acacia cyperophylla (family Mimosaceae ( Leguminosae)), of arid inland Australia, having reddish bark which peels off in thin curls (more fully minnerichi tree). Also: the wood of this tree. Also called red mulga.
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1887 Port Augusta (S. Austral.) Disp. 5 Aug. 4/5 This Minnerichi wood is terribly hard, and makes good rails for stockyards—being both strong and straight.
1929 K. S. Prichard Coonardoo xxxiii. 314 Her arms.., brown and twisted like minnerichi, showing the bone through.
1936 F. Clune Roaming round Darling xxii. 225 The Broody Hen bogged and rested once more under the shade of the beautiful minneritchie-tree, or red mulga as some call it.
1952 A. M. Duncan-Kemp Where Strange Paths go Down 227 He built up the paddock corners with fresh-cut, heavy minnareetchie (red mulga)–the toughest wood in the west.
1970 Matilda (Winton Tourist Promotion Assoc.) 40 Trunks of Minnaritchis smouldering Ruby-red upon the screes.
1980 J. Wolfe Crocodile Soup 57 We stopped..at a small, dry water-course where the strange ‘Minnarichy’ trees grew. The trunks of these trees are covered with thousands of little red curls, actually coils of bark.
1984 W. W. Ammon et al. Working Lives 189 The bark of the minni richi tree is a bright red, and for some reason, horses love it.
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