单词 | sappanwood |
释义 | sappanwood in British English or sapanwood (ˈsæpənˌwʊd) noun Also called: sappan, sapan1. a small leguminous tree, Caesalpinia sappan, of S Asia producing wood that yields a red dye 2. the wood of this tree Word origin C16: sapan, via Dutch from Malay sapangsappanwood in American English (səˈpænˌwʊd) noun 1. a wood yielding a red or blue dye, obtained from an East Indian tree (Caesalpinia sappan) of the caesalpinia family 2. the tree Word origin partial transl. of Du sapanhout < Malay sapang + Du hout, wood, akin to OE holt: see holtWord lists with wood |
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