Skip to main content

dyewood

/dahy-wood/US // ˈdaɪˌwʊd //UK // (ˈdaɪˌwʊd) //

染料木,堤坝,堤防

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any wood yielding a coloring matter used for dyeing.

Examples

  • At that time parties of English dyewood and mahogany cutters, many of whom had been pirates, established themselves at Belize.

  • Barwood, a dyewood obtained from Pterocarpus angolensis, a tall tree of West Africa.

  • It had come to protect the boats which landed the men who cut the Campeachy dyewood.