Lexic.us

Definition of Mesua ferrea

1. Noun. Handsome East Indian evergreen tree often planted as an ornamental for its fragrant white flowers that yield a perfume; source of very heavy hardwood used for railroad ties.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mesua Ferrea

Literary usage of Mesua ferrea

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Pharmacographia Indica: A History of the Principal Drugs of Vegetable Origin by William Dymock, C. J. H. Warden, David Hooper (1890)
"If per Ib. Mesua ferrea, Linn. Fig.—Rhee.de, Hort. Mai. Hi., 53; Wight Ill.,t. 127; Ic. i. 118. ... The root bark of Mesua ferrea contains ..."

2. The Vegetable Materia Medica of Western India by William Dymock (1885)
"1 i per Ib. Mesua ferrea, Linn., Wight III, t. 127; Ic., M18. ... The root bark of Mesua ferrea contains much resinous juice, which exudes freely when it is ..."

3. Indo-Aryans: Contributions Towards the Elucidation of Their Ancient and by Rājendralāla Mitra (1881)
"... to be the Sanskrit name of Mesua ferrea, but the Mesua never attains any great size, and cannot yield any timber fit for making bedsteads ..."

4. Quarterly Journal of Forestry by Royal English Arboricultural Society, Royal Forestry Society of England, Wales and Northern Ireland (1908)
"... and Mesua ferrea : the teak comes only in Class VI. of the strong timbers, and deodar in Class VII. There is a large proportion ..."

5. The Indian Forester (1901)
"... and near streams or in groves, planted before the memory of man, Mesua ferrea. The Dipterocarps, which are so characteristic of the low country wet zone ..."

6. The Indian Forester (1885)
"These forest gardens, on undulating plateau land surrounded by a wall of Mesua ferrea trees," have a singular appearance, but are said to be more healthy ..."

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