| 单词 | agarwood |
| 释义 | > as lemmasagarwood The aromatic resin or (more fully agarwood) resinous heartwood of Aquilaria malaccensis or any of several other South-East Asian trees of the genera Aquilaria and Gyrinops (family Thymelaeaceae), used in perfumery, in cosmetics, and as incense. Also: any of the trees from which this resin or wood is obtained. Cf. eagle-wood n.This resin is not normally present in the tree, but is produced as a defence mechanism against fungal infection and other forms of damage. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > other vegetable materials > plant resin > [noun] > other plant resins aloesOE elemi1543 agila1555 copal1577 lycium1597 aloe wood1599 lignum vitae1611 caraña1616 sticklac1659 guaiacum1663 copaiba1712 copahu1736 hackiac1790 guaiac1811 agar1813 ulmin1817 acouchi1818 helleborin1840 piney resin1851 gurjun1858 icican1865 sumbul balsam1868 amyrin1876 jojoba oil1975 jojoba1989 1813 W. Milburn Oriental Commerce II. xxi. 160 Fragrant woods, viz. white or yellow sandal-wood, ugger, or aloe-wood, and tuggur. 1828 W. Hamilton East-India Gazetteer (ed. 2) I. 378/2 The other articles are bird's-nests, sea slugs, shark fins, tortoise-shell, agar-wood, hides, &c. for the Chinese market. 1837 W. J. Hooker Icones Plantarum I. Tab. VI The oil is procured by bruising these portions in a mortar, and boiling them in water, when the Aggur rises to the surface. 1892 J. C. Sawer Odorographia xiii. 285 Some fraudulent dealers sell lumps of the Agar after the oil has been distilled from it. 1909 Central Provinces District Gazetteers Jubbulpore District iii. 108 The aromatic wood of the agar (Aquilaria agallocha). 1972 Bot. Rev. 38 368 It is possible that agarol, or another constituent of agarwood oil, may limit the spread of attacking fungi. 2009 Financial Times 5 Sept. 6/1 Due to the indiscriminate harvesting of Agarwood in the past, Aquilaria malaccensis, the primary source, is now protected as an endangered species. < as lemmas |
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