camwood

['kæmwud]

n. 西非产豆科的坚硬树木

n.

非洲紫檀

camwood

camwood['kæmwud]n.1.■非洲紫檀(其木材可制红色染料)

1. [mass noun]the hard red timber of an African tree
   非洲紫檀木
   
2. either of two trees of the pea family which yield this timber
   两种豆科树木之一
   
3. Baphia nitida and (now usually) Pterocarpus soyauxii (the African padouk), family Leguminosae
   光亮杂色豆木及该词现在通常所指的非洲紫檀，豆科
   

1. late 17th cent.: probably from Temne k'am + wood
   

camwood

名词 camwood:

small shrubby African tree with hard wood used as a dyewood yielding a red dye

同义词：African sandalwood, Baphia nitida

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