| 单词 |
timbo |
| 释义 |
timbo|tiːmˈbəʊ|
Also timbó.
[a. Tupi.]
1. Any of various South American woody vines cultivated as a source of fish poison and the insecticide rotenone, esp. those of the genus Lonchocarpus (family Leguminosæ); also, the poison itself.
1725H. Sloane Voy. to Islands of Madera,..Jamaica II. 40 Timbo, a sort of With, intoxicates Fishes. 1930Jrnl. Econ. Entomol. XXIII. 868 Rotenone also occurs in ‘cube’ roots (Lonchocarpus nicou) and in timbo, haiari, and other members of the genus Lonchocarpus. 1949Thorpe's Dict. Appl. Chem. (ed. 4) IX. 306/2 South American sources of rotenone..have been developed recently, chiefly the cubé of Peru, and the timbo of Brazil. 1971Nat. Geographic Sept. 435 Like most Brazilian Indians, they usually fish with the sap of a vine called timbo.
2. A South American timber tree of the genus Enterolobium (family Leguminosæ) from which a soft red wood is obtained and used for making furniture.
1924Record & Mell Timbers Trop. Amer. 205 ‘Timbó’ is well known to the trade in Argentina..in the form of squared logs and because of its softness and ease of working is used as a cheap substitute for cedar. 1969T. H. Everett Living Trees of World 196/2 Enterolobium. Ten New World species comprise this genus. The best known are the timbó..(E. contortisiliquum) and the guanacaste or elephant's ear (E. cyclocarpum). |
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