| 单词 | poon spar tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspoon spar tree poon spar n. (a) (more fully poon spar tree) either of two species of poon, Calophyllum elatum and C. tomentosum, frequently used to supply spars; (b) a boat spar made from poon wood. ΚΠ 1869 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 39 78 The characteristic trees in the dense jungle are..Calophyllum angustifolium (Poon spar). 1875 J. D. Hooker Flora Brit. India I. 274 C[alophyllum] tomentosum... Yields the Poon-spars of Western India, and the seeds an abundant oil in Ceylon. 1906 D. Brandis Indian Trees 54 C[alophyllum] elatum... This and C. tomentosum are known as the Poon spar tree... C. Wightianum... The Poon spar of Travancore. 1978 Indian Forester 104 501 Poon-spar is a species of Southern Tropical Wet Evergreen Forests of India..distributed from 100 to 700m, mainly on the western side of the Western Ghats. 1986 Encycl. Indian Nat. Hist. 454/2 Poonspar tree, Calophyllum elatum, a lofty tree..found in the evergreen forests of the Western Ghats and Sri Lanka. It is like the Poon but differs in its greater height. < as lemmas |
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