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Definition of Coigue
1. Noun. Chilean evergreen whose leafy boughs are used for thatching.
Group relationships: Genus Nothofagus, Nothofagus
Generic synonyms: Evergreen Beech, Southern Beech
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coigue
Literary usage of Coigue
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Short Description of the Republic of Chile: According to Official Data (1903)
"coigue and Rauli furnish good heart-wood suitable for building ships and houses,
barrels, etc. Then there is the Muermo- or Ulmo tree in the coast woods of ..."
2. Effect of Exotic Tree Plantations on Plant Diversity and Biological Soil by F. Bernhard-Reversat, Mafa E. Chipeta, Mahendra Lal Joshi (2001)
"... Lenga and coigue forests. The project will provide employment for nearly 500
people and covers 272.7 thousand ha of forestry land and 147.9 thousand ha ..."
3. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"Eventually the negotiations were broken on, and in May 1673 orders were sent to
Gas- coigue immediately to take his leave and retire from that court ..."
4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1865)
"... Sir Bernard Gas- coigue (11 known friend to the English nation), did with an
undeniable civility press him to take quarter at his own house, ..."
5. The New Latin America by Jacob Warshaw (1922)
"... of the Royal Forestal Academy of Prussia, for an exhaustive study of the value
of the white coigue—a splendid tree resembling the beech—for the making ..."
6. Select Extra-tropical Plants Readily Eligible for Industrial Culture Or by Ferdinand von Mueller (1884)
"The Evergreen Beech of Chili, called there the coigue or Coihue. Of grand dimensions.
Canoes can be made out of its stem large enough to carry 10 tons ..."
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