释义 |
sho·rea \ˈshōrēə\ noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, after John Shore, Lord Teignmouth died 1834 governor general of India : a genus of Indo-Malayan timber trees (family Dipterocarpaceae) that are rich in resin, have flowers with twisted petals, a very short calyx tube, and sepals which become enlarged and winglike in fruit, and that include forms yielding valuable lumber — see red lauan, sal |