Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One of the celery-pines, Phyllocladus trichomanoides. Its bark contains 28 per cent, of tannin, and is imported into Europe, where it is used chiefly for dyeing glove-leather. See
pine .
WordNet 3.0
- n. medium tall celery pine of New Zealand
Examples
“Changes in structure and composition over fifteen years in a secondary kauri (Agathis australis) and tanekaha (Phyllocladus trichomanoides) forest stand, Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand.”
“The common broadleaf tree species in mixed kauri forest include: tanekaha (Phyllocladus trichomanoides), towai (Weinmannia silvicola), kanuka (Kunzea ericoides), rewarewa (Knightia excelsa), and hinau (Elaeocarpus dentatus).”
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Glove-making
Words from the art of making gloves.
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In The Colorhouse
A colorhouse - a manufactory of colors for tints, dyes, pigments, paints, glazes, &c. Terms associated with the science and history of colormaking.
All sorts of things went into color...colorhouse, Turkey red, dyebath, woad, ocher, lead white, mordant, Naples yellow, zaffer, kiln, vat, pot and 298 more...
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Trees!
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