词汇 | purpleheart |
释义 | purpleheart noun uk /ˈpɜː.pəl.hɑːt/ us /ˈpɝː.pəl.hɑːrt / [ C or U ] a rare South or Central American tree with very hard wood: In place of the purpleheart that he has cut down, he plans to plant pineapple. The purplehearts are found in Trinidad and Suriname. We were staying on the edge of a forest of purpleheart trees. [ U ] the very hard, purple-brown wood of the purpleheart tree, used for making furniture : He's working on a coffee table made from purpleheart with ebony and silver inlay. The benches are made of treated purpleheart wood. See also Purple Heart He claimed that the company had been removing purpleheart logs from the forest illegally. The purpleheart trees are among this rainforest's most valuable timber. Types of wood American elm Atlantic white cedar balk balsa wood bark basswood black locust boxwood cork elm knotty MDF mulga oaken paulownia piny pitch pine ponderosa pine softwood three-ply |
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