narran.
/ˈnɑːrə/, U.S. /ˈnɑrə/ A tall, rapidly-growing tree of South-East Asia, Pterocarpus indicus (family Fabaceae ( Leguminosae)), which bears panicles of fragrant orange or yellow fruit. Also: the decorative wood of this tree, used for cabinetmaking (also called amboyna wood, Andaman redwood, Burmese rosewood, etc.).
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > thorn-tree or -bush > [noun] > non-British varieties
fingrigo1707
cockspura1726
thorny trefoil1760
narra1779
driedoring1824
wild Irishman1850
matagouric1857
tumata-kuru1859
Irishman1860
Jerusalem thorn1866
nabk1874
ilb1894
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [adjective]
softwood1539
citrean1616
pepperidge1689
purple heart1769
narra1779
leafy1810
saffraan1819
quandong1836
padauk1839
tamanu1839
titoki1842
til1858
odum1887
sapele1904
broad-leaved1905
peroba1920
ocote1926
pyinkado1934
ponderosa1937
ahuehuete1948
Mansonia1958
obeche1958
podo1961
black-gum1969
the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > other fruits > [noun]
tamarind1539
zizypha1546
guava1555
tuna1555
turpentine1562
mango1582
mammee1587
durian1588
lychee1588
sapota1589
fritter1591
mangosteen1598
custard apple1648
longan1655
mammee sapota1657
mammee apple1683
breadfruit1697
coco-plum1699
rambutan1707
pawpaw1709
locust bean1731
sapodilla1750
cherimoya1758
wild lime1767
Otaheite apple1777
narra1779
langsat1783
rose apple1790
cinnamon apple1796
sapota plum1797
bhindi1809
salak1820
gingerbread plum1824
geebung1827
loquat1829
sapodilla plum1830
sage-apple1832
kangaroo-apple1834
karaka-fruit1834
quandong1836
mombin1837
terap1839
zapote1842
tamarind plum1846
prairie pea1848
Barbados-cherry1858
kei-apple1859
Natal plum1859
bullock's heart1866
guava-apple1866
Sierra Leone peach1866
Turkey fig1866
marula1877
scarlet banana1885
Suriname cherry1895
feijoa1898
pear apple1898
ume1918
pepino1922
Chinese gooseberry1925
num-num1926
acerola1954
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > tropical exotic fruit > African
narra1779
gingerbread plum1824
kei-apple1859
Dingaan's apricot1868
num-num1926
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [noun] > tropical > pterocarpus timber trees
angsana1749
Pterocarpus1770
lingoa1798
kyabuka1831
padauk1839
narra1890
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [adjective] > of or resembling tropical fruits
opuntioid1857
narra1947
1779 T. Forrest Voy. New Guinea 256 Here [i.e. near Mindanao] grows a kind of rose wood, called narra, many dammer trees.
1859 J. Bowring Visit to Philippine Islands xv. 270 (table) Narra, or Naga, or Asang... Buildings, furniture, doors and windows.
1890 J. Foreman Philippine Islands xix. 371 Narra..gives logs up to 35 feet long by 26 inches square. It is the Mahogany of the Philippines.
1911 Philippine Bureau of Forestry Bull. No. 10. 11. 35 Narra is found throughout the Philippines.
1947 J. C. Rich Materials & Methods Sculpt. x. 292 Narra is a Philippine wood related to the Andaman Islands' Padouk.
1969 T. H. Everett Living Trees of World 202/1 Several old world species [of Pterocarpus] yield useful woods, one of the best known being the nara.
1971 F. H. Titmuss Commerc. Timbers World (ed. 4) 48 This is one of the most important export species of the Philippines (the wood being known as narra on the North American market).
1994 Amer. Spectator Dec. 72/3 The Manila Hotel could be nowhere but the Philippines. Certainly not the lobby, a vast colonnaded expanse of whitewash capped by a..ceiling of narra (a local mahogany).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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