| 单词 | west indian locust |
| 释义 | > as lemmasWest Indian locust West Indian locust n. (more fully West Indian locust tree) the courbaril, Hymenaea courbaril, a large resinous tree native to tropical America; (also) the hard timber of this tree. ΚΠ 1841 United Service Jrnl. Apr. 563 The following papers were read:—1st. On the West Indian Locust Tree, or Cowbari. By Lieutenant-Colonel H. Capadose. 1920 Encycl. Americana XXVII. 89 The West Indian locust is the English name for a wood produced by Hymenæa courbaril... The wood is red with dark streaks. 1961 Econ. Bot. 15 228/2 The widely distributed West Indian Locust (Hymenaea courbaril L.)..furnishes a resin-like gum, known in the trade as South American copal. 2002 Sci. News 30 Mar. 202/2 Scientists believe the resin that eventually became Dominican amber came from Hymenaea protera, a tree closely related to today's West Indian locust tree. < as lemmas |
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