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单词 yellowwood
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yellowwoodn.

Brit. /ˈjɛlə(ʊ)wʊd/, U.S. /ˈjɛloʊˌwʊd/
Forms: see yellow adj. and n. and wood n.1; also 1800s– yellowood.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: yellow adj., wood n.1
Etymology: < yellow adj. + wood n.1 In sense 2 originally after South African Dutch geelhout (late 17th cent. or earlier; Afrikaans geelhout).
1. Any of various trees and shrubs having yellowish wood (frequently with distinguishing word). Also: the wood itself.In early use spec. the tropical American tree fustic, Maclura tinctoria, and the yellow dyewood obtained from it. Among other trees for which the name is used are Cladrastis kentukea of North America (more fully American yellowwood) and other members of the genus Cladrastis (family Leguminosae), and several Australian trees, including Rhodosphaera rhodanthema (family Anacardiaceae) (more fully deep yellowwood).prickle yellowwood, prickly yellowwood: see the first element.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > [noun] > names applied to various types of trees or shrubs
whitewood1562
yellowwood1583
lightwood1597
redwood1693
hoop-wood1756
stave-wood1778
whistle-wood1825
whip-cropa1850
pepperwood1858
white tree1863
1583 L. Mascall tr. Profitable Bk. Spottes & Staines f. 37 To dye silke red. Take of good wood ashes, & make a good lye therof, & put therin of willow or facet woad, & barbary wood or yelow wood.
a1622 R. Norwood Descr. Sommer Ilands in V. A. Ives Rich Papers (1984) 378 The Country, when we first began the Plantation, was all ouer-growne with Woods and Plants of seuerall kinds: and to such gaue names: such as were knowne retaining their old names: as Cedars, Palmetoes, Black-wood, White-wood, Yellow-wood, [etc.].
1666 J. Davies tr. C. de Rochefort Hist. Caribby-Islands 43 There is one [Tree] very much esteem'd for its usefulness in Dying: It grows up to a great height, and the wood is perfectly yellow... It is called the Yellow-wood [Fr. Bois Iaune] from its colour.
1752 in W. Cramond Rec. Elgin (1903) I. 465 Ilk cwt. brown Brisiell wood, sweet wood, yellow wood or fustic 8d.
1793 J. Hunter Hist. Jrnl. Trans. Port Jackson xv. 390 The live-oak, yellow-wood, black-wood, and beech, are all of a close grain.
1814 H. M. Brackenridge Views Louisiana i. v. 59 One very beautiful [forest tree], bois jaune, or yellow wood: by some called the mock orange.
1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 122 Oxleya xanthoxyla, a large tree, is the Yellow-wood of New South Wales.
1869 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1868 199 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc.) XV Yellow wood (Cladrastis tinctoria) is a western tree.
1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) II. 527 Fustic, or Yellow Wood. The old fustic of the English dyer. It is the wood of the Morus tinctoria.
1880 J. Bonwick Resources Queensland 82 Deep Yellow Wood, a Rhus with a scaly bark and red flower, is eagerly sought after by sawyers for furniture use.
1936 R. H. Anderson Trees New S. Wales 127 Socket Wood..is also known as Light Yellow-wood, Satin Wood, and occasionally as Sassafras.
1969 T. H. Everett Living Trees of World 195/1 Quite different is the flowering habit of the Chinese yellow-wood (C[ladrastis] sinensis).
2006 Chesapeake Life June 112/2 To buffer the front of the house from the street, she added willow oak, paperbark maple, and American yellowwood to the existing population of shade and flowering trees.
2. Originally South African. The fine-grained yellow wood of any of several African trees of the genus Podocarpus, used in building and joinery (frequently attributive). Also: any of these trees (frequently with distinguishing word).
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [noun] > African
shittima1382
citrus1555
cam-wood1699
jacaranda1753
kokerboom1774
quiver tree1789
geelhout1790
rooihout1790
yellowwood1790
mat-wood1792
assegai1793
assegai tree1793
hardpear1801
rooi els1801
argan1809
beaver-wood1810
mat tree1812
saffraan1819
salie1819
sneezewood1834
African teak1842
hyawaballi1851
sage-wood1854
mvule1858
til1858
yari-yari1858
cannibal stinkwood1859
kiaat1862
knobwood1862
milkwood1862
tryssil1862
sulphur-tree1863
khaya1864
cailcedra1866
flat-crown1868
umzimbeet1870
kuka1882
odum1887
iroko1890
opepe1891
Natal mahogany1904
muhimbi1906
obeche1906
agba1908
makoré1915
afara1920
agboin1920
abura1921
podo1922
afrormosia1923
guarea1936
Mansonia1936
dahoma1955
utile1956
society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > other woods of African trees
citron1627
yellowwood1790
citron wood1880
Gaboon1921
dahoma1955
khaya1956
1790 E. Helme tr. F. Le Vaillant Trav. Afr. II. xiv. 288 I also remarked the Geele-Houtt, (yellow-wood [Fr. le Geele-Houtt (bois jaune)]) so called from its colour: which..is very serviceable for planks, beams, and rafters.
1801 J. Barrow Acct. Trav. Interior S. Afr. 1797–8 I. iii. 133 The most common was the geel hout or yellow wood, (taxus elongatus) erroneously called by Thunberg the ilex crocea.
1871 H. H. Dugmore Reminisc. Albany Settler 27 Plain dinners and hearty suppers,..served up in tin dishes on yellow wood benches.
1887 E. E. Money Little Dutch Maiden II. v. 85 The tree, a huge yellow-wood, stood at the edge of the bush.
1915 H. R. Haggard Holy Flower iv. 63 It..rolled under a great yellow-wood chest.
1969 T. H. Everett Living Trees of World 21/1 The commonest are upright yellow-wood (P. latifolia) and Outeniqua yellow-wood (P. falcata).
1985 New Yorker 18 Mar. 65/2 Old yellowwood and stinkwood chests.
2005 Femina (S. Afr.) Feb. 128/3 Our vegetation: from cycads and fynbos to yellowwoods and traditional medicinal herbs.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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