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词汇 camwood
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Definition of camwood in English:

camwood

nounˈkamwʊd
  • 1mass noun The hard red timber of an African tree.

    非洲紫檀木

    Example sentencesExamples
    • These examples were coated with sacrificial material, especially camwood.
    • The main imports from outside Bamenda are camwood; a little tobacco from the French Cameroons and Nigeria; kamwa or rock salt from Nigeria; and Hausa cloth.
  • 2Either of two trees of the pea family which yield camwood timber.

    两种豆科树木之一

    Baphia nitida and (now usually) Pterocarpus soyauxii (the African padouk), family Leguminosae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Many of Africa's rarest trees, such as mahogany, ironwood, camwood and mimosup, grow in this forest, that is connected to a larger forest area in neighbouring Cameroon.
    • Indigo plants are used for deep blue dyes, while reddish brown dyes are extracted from cola nuts, the camwood tree, and the redwood tree.

Origin

Late 17th century: probably from Temne k'am + wood.

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