释义 |
ga·boon I. noun or ga·bun \gəˈbün, (ˈ)ga|b-, (ˈ)gä|b-\ (-s) 1. capitalized, in former classifications : any of the Negro people of the Gabon Republic 2. a. or gaboon mahogany (1) : a light soft attractively grained pink to pinkish brown African wood (2) : a tree yielding gaboon (especially Aucoumea klaineana and Canarium schweinfurthii) b. : a high-grade black ebony obtained chiefly from the Gabon region of Africa II. \(ˈ)gä|bün, gəˈb-\ noun (-s) Etymology: alteration of gob (I) (lump of tobacco) + -oon (as in spittoon) dialect : cuspidor, spittoon |