单词 | bastard ironwood |
释义 | > as lemmasbastard ironwood bastard ironwood n. any of several tropical and subtropical trees having hard, durable wood; esp. the wild lime Zanthoxylum fagara. ΚΠ 1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 146 The Saven-tree, or bastard Ironwood. This shrub is very common in the lower lands of Jamaica. 1849 Ann. Hort. 270/1 Gladsome Myoporum..the Bastard Iron-wood of the New Zealand colonists. 1910 A. S. Fuller Pract. Forestry 231 Bastard Iron Wood [is] a small shrub or tree, with very hard, yellow wood. 1985 Florida Entomologist 68 375 Fagara (= Zanthoxylum) has 14 species, among which are bastard ironwood, prickly yellow.., and Lignurn rorum. 2003 Int. Jrnl. Afr. Hist. Stud. 36 520 Umdlebe described a tree common in these mountain forests, most likely..Bastard ironwood or Common pock ironwood. < as lemmas |
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