单词 | rewarewa |
释义 | rewarewan. A tall New Zealand tree, Knightia excelsa (family Proteaceae), having long narrow toothed leaves, and racemes of flowers with dark red petals which curl back on opening to reveal a bright yellow stigma on a long style; (also) the light, ornamental wood of this tree, used esp. for cabinet work. Also called honeysuckle. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [noun] > Australasian tallow-tree1704 rata1773 rosewood1779 red mahogany1798 ironbark1799 wild orange1802 red gum1803 rewarewa1817 red cedar1818 black-butted gum1820 Huon pine1820 miro1820 oak1821 horoeka1831 hinau1832 maire1832 totara1832 blackbutt1833 marri1833 raspberry jam tree1833 kohekohe1835 puriri1835 tawa1839 hickory1840 whau1840 pukatea1841 titoki1842 butterbush1843 iron gum1844 York gum1846 mangeao1848 myall1848 ironheart1859 lilly-pilly1860 belah1862 flindosa1862 jarrah1866 silky oak1866 teak of New South Wales1866 Tolosa-wood1866 turmeric-tree1866 walking-stick palm1869 tooart1870 queenwood1873 tarairi1873 boree1878 yate1880 axe-breaker1884 bangalay1884 coachwood1884 cudgerie1884 feather-wood1884 forest mahogany1884 maiden's blush1884 swamp mahogany1884 tallow-wood1884 teak of New Zealand1884 wandoo1884 heartwood1885 ivorywood1887 Jimmy Low1887 Burdekin plum1889 corkwood1889 pigeon-berry ash1889 red beech1889 silver beech1889 turnip-wood1891 black bean1895 red bean1895 pinkwood1898 poplar1898 rose mahogany1898 quandong1908 lancewood1910 New Zealand honeysuckle1910 Queensland walnut1919 mahogany gum1944 Australian mahogany1948 1817 J. L. Nicholas Narr. Voy. N.Z. II. 245 The trees which the natives chiefly make subservient to their purposes, are..the henow..the river-river, the grain of whose wood is similar to that of the beech. 1831 G. Bennett in London Med. Gaz. 5 Nov. 150/1 Knightea excelsa... This tree is abundant in the New Zealand forests, and is named Riwa-riwa by the natives. 1879 Auckland Weekly News 4 Oct. 7 The pillars and styles of this are of rimu, the panels of ribbonwood, and the mouldings of riwariwa. 1926 M. Crookes Plant Life in Maoriland 31 Few people seeing our modestly attired rewa rewa (or native honey-suckle as it is sometimes called)..would dream of associating it with the flamboyant bottle brushes. 1989 B. Thomson & R. Neilson Sharing the Challenge 128 (caption) Police baton fashioned from native Rewa Rewa (Honeysuckle) for the Foot Specials during the 1913 strike. 2000 C. Phillips Waihou Journeys 20 Canopy trees commonly included..the main broadleaf species of tawa, with taraire, rata, pukatea, rewarewa, [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1817 |
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