| 单词 |
sissoo |
| 释义 |
‖ sissoo|ˈsɪsuː|
Also seesoo seesu, sissu.
[Urdū (Hindī) sīsū.]
1. A valuable Indian timber-tree, Dalbergia Sissoo.
1810T. Williamson E. India Vade M. II. 71 This [wood], which is called the sissoo, grows in most of the great forests, intermixed with the saul. 1854Hooker Himalayan Jrnls. II. 340 note, The Cuttack forests are composed of teak, Sal, Sissoo, ebony,..and other trees of a dry soil. 1876Cornhill Mag. Sept. 318 Studded here and there with tall clumps of sâl and sissu.
attrib.1810T. Williamson E. India Vade M. II. 72 Some sissoo-trees grow to a great height. 1859J. Lang Wanderings in India 358 The Governor-General..wore his head as high as a seesu-tree. 1874Stewart & Brandis Flora N.W. India 149 The Sissoo tree is indigenous in the sub-Himalayan tract.
2. The timber obtained from this tree.
1810T. Williamson E. India Vade M. II. 71 Sissoo is, of late, more employed than formerly for the frame, ribs, knees, &c. of ships. 1834Medwin Angler in Wales I. 162 The beams too of the houses, if not of bamboo, sissoo, or teak, are not safe from their devastating fangs. 1874Stewart & Brandis Flora N.W. India 150 Sissoo is very elastic, it seasons well, does not warp or split, and takes a fine polish.
attrib.1873Balfour Cycl. India (ed. 2) IV. 184/1 Sissoo-wood oil,..an empyreumatic medicinal product. 1874Stewart & Brandis Flora N.W. India 150 Sisso wood is esteemed highly for all purposes where strength and elasticity are required. Ibid., Supplies of large Sissoo logs. |
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