| 单词 | west indian mahogany |
| 释义 | > as lemmasWest Indian mahogany West Indian mahogany n. a mahogany, Swietenia mahogani, of the southern United States and the Caribbean; (also) the valuable, hard, dark-coloured timber of this tree; cf. mahogany n. 1. ΚΠ 1869 D. Oliver Indian Bot. ii. iii. 187 Several valuable timber-trees belong to this Family [sc. Meliaceae]; amongst the rest,..the American and West Indian Mahogany and Cedar (Swietenia and Cedrela). 1902 Indian Forester 28 35 The timber takes the same place here that the West Indian mahogany does in Europe; our cedar being, however, much lighter in weight. 1941 Science 22 Aug. 11/1 West Indian mahogany trees grow fairly rapidly under Florida conditions. Two-year-old saplings planted..in 1935 were 40 feet high in 1940. 2006 J. Valentine & D. B. Means Florida Magnificent Wilderness 80 The West Indian mahogany (Swietenia mahogani) is rare because its wood is very valuable and thieves sneak into parts at night to poach the trees. < as lemmas |
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