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Definition of Coral-wood
1. Noun. East Indian tree with racemes of yellow-white flowers; cultivated as an ornamental.
Group relationships: Adenanthera, Genus Adenanthera
Generic synonyms: Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coral-wood
Literary usage of Coral-wood
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Appleton's Dictionary of Machines, Mechanics, Engine-work, and Engineering by D. Appleton and Company, Oliver Byrne (1852)
"coral-wood, says Bergeron is so nn ТА. to a fine red or superb coral • it ¡ ь j
Ш lts color- When first cut it is yellow, but soon changes coral-wood. ..."
2. Turning and Mechanical Manipulation: Intended as a Work of General Reference by Charles Holtzapffel (1846)
"coral-wood, says Bergeron, is so named from its colour. When first cut it is
yellow, but soon changes to a fine red or superb coral; ..."
3. Descriptive Catalogue of the Woods Commonly Employed in this Country for the by Charles Holtzapffel, John Forbes Royle (1852)
"coral-wood, says Bergeron, is so named from its colour. ... it is hard, and
receives a fine polish : he also speaks of a damasked coral-wood. ..."
4. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"... linen manufacture and works in coral, wood, iron, marble, alabaster,
mother-of-pearl; there also extensive salt lagoons in the immediate neighborhood, ..."
5. The World's Great Classics by Timothy Dwight, Julian Hawthorne (1902)
"all the wild beasts, cut down the palm-tree, loaded it upon the shoulders of the
people, and the Sultan built a house of coral- wood. ..."
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