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1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Warracoori, a native name for the wood of the white cedar, obtained in Demerara from the Icica altissima. It is light, easily worked, and very aromatic, and is used for oars and paddles, and for boards for the inside work of houses.
1862 Catal. Contrib. Brit. Guiana to London Exhib. 41 Warracoori, or White Cedar... Employed for frame and inside work of houses,..oars and paddles are also made of it, and even canoes.
1866 in J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot.
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