| 单词 |
flindosa |
| 释义 |
flindosa Austral.|flɪnˈdəʊzə|
Also flindosy.
[Corruption of Flindersia, a genus of trees, f. the name of Captain Matthew Flinders: see prec.]
An Australian hardwood rain-forest tree, Flindersia australis, also known as Australian teak.
1862Internat. Exhib. Catal. Prod. N.S. Wales 28/2 Flindersia Australis. Cedrelaceæ. A large-sized tree... Timber valuable for staves... Ash, Beech, and Flindosa. Ibid. 30/1 Flindersia Australis var. Cedrelaceæ... Timber used for house building, and occasionally for staves... Flindosa. 1884A. Nilson Timber Trees N.S.W. 47 C[ryptocarya] obovata.—Sycamore; Flindosa. Ibid. 80 F[lindersia] australis.—Ash; Cugerie; Bulboro; Flindosa. 1907J. H. Maiden Forest Flora N.S.W. II. 151, I have also seen it [sc. Flindersia australis] labelled ‘Flindosa’, a name more strictly applied to F. Schottiana. 1908Ibid. III. 112 Cryptocarya sp. Called Flindosa at Brisbane Water. 1913Ibid. V. 101, I have received it [sc. Litsæa reticulata] under the name of ‘Flindosa’. 1929W. D. Francis Austral. Rain-Forest Trees 157 Flindersia australis R. Br. Crow's Ash, Teak, Flindosy, Flindersia. 1965Austral. Encycl. IV. 111 F[lindersia] australis is a large tree..known generally throughout Queensland as crow's ash, but in some places as ‘flindosy’ or ‘flindowzee’. |
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