单词 | rodwood |
释义 | rodwoodn. Any of several West Indian trees and shrubs of the family Myrtaceae, esp. the genus Eugenia. Frequently with distinguishing word. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [noun] > of South America or West Indies sweetwood1607 mastic1657 acajou1666 bastard locust tree1670 bastard locust tree1670 alligator wood1696 muskwood1696 lancewood1697 rodwood1716 cog-wood1725 soapwood1733 down tree?1740 pigeon plum1743 break-axe tree1756 horse-wood1756 loblolly whitewood1756 Spanish elm1756 trumpet-tree1756 ahuehuete1778 ocote1787 locust tree1795 Madeira wood1796 peroba1813 roble1814 louro1816 cecropia1824 purple heart1825 wallaba1825 trumpet-wood1836 gumbo-limbo1837 poui1838 quebracho1839 snake-wood1843 yacca1843 horseflesh wood1851 necklace tree1858 Honduras rosewood1860 turanira1862 softwood1864 wattle-wood1864 balsa tree1866 primavera1871 rauli1874 lemon-wood1879 wheel-tree1882 Spanish stopper1883 gurgeon-stopper1884 pinkwood-tree1884 stopper1884 sloth-tree1885 imbaubaa1893 Spanish cedar1907 amarant1909 Parana pine1916 imbuya1919 mastic-bully1920 banak1921 timbo1924 becuiba1934 1716 Petiveriana i. §258 Rodwood, Myrtis Barbadensis viminalibus virgis. 1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 249 Rod-wood... The tree grows to a considerable size, and is esteemed a fine timber-wood. 1864 A. H. R. Grisebach Flora Brit. W. Indian Islands 787 Black, broad-leaved, red, small-leaved, white Rod-wood. 1890 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1889 380 E[ugenia] monticola... Stopper, small leaved Rod-wood. Indigenous and in Jamaica. 1928 Geogr. Jrnl. 71 273 We..entered a forest of palms and tree ferns—rodwood, boargum, ironwood, and wild cinnamon. 1998 Florida Entomologist 81 264 It is clear that [the firefly]P. pallens congregates on many different platforms: almond, rodwood, jointers, [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1716 |
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