Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A tropical American evergreen tree (Chlorocardium rodiei syn. Ocotea rodiei) having greenish durable wood.
- noun The wood of this tree, used especially for marine construction.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The Nectandra Rodiæi, a large lauraceous tree of Guiana.
- noun In Jamaica, the Colubrina ferruginosa, a small rhamnaceous tree.
- noun In Jamaica. Zizyphus Chloroxylon, one of the trees called
cog-wood .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A type of
tree (Chlorocardium rodiei) native toGuyana . - noun A type of
shrub (Colubrina arborescens) native toFlorida and theCaribbean .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The first cost is more than for rods whose various parts are made of different woods, but the greenheart is the cheapest rod in the end.
Scotch Loch-Fishing William Senior
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Her sides are some eighteen inches thick, and sheathed and resheathed with "greenheart" to help her in battering the ice.
A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell Wilfred Thomason Grenfell 1902
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For crossing the river they have bridges that stretch from one great greenheart tree to another on the opposite bank...
Such a River Should Not Be Crossed Bruce Schauble 2007
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For crossing the river they have bridges that stretch from one great greenheart tree to another on the opposite bank...
Archive 2007-03-01 Bruce Schauble 2007
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She is of about 350 tons, and built of selected pine, oak, and greenheart.
South: the story of Shackleton’s last expedition 1914–1917 2006
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My rod, I might explain, was the trolling or sea fishing version of a capital greenheart portmanteau rod, to which I had treated myself in hopes of use in Canadian waters, and was a stiff little pole (in this form) of a trifle over 9 ft.
Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler William Senior
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For ordinary purposes 17 feet of greenheart or split-cane are ample, and the modern salmon angler has come to look upon even this -- which our forefathers would have pooh-poohed as a mere grilse-rod -- as excessive.
Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler William Senior
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The smaller greenheart, therefore, for the third time gallantly survived its month on a Norway river; but those rocks have literally chipped the shine from every joint, leaving, I believe and hope, its constitution, nevertheless, quite sound.
Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler William Senior
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As it was already put together in the rack at the back of the hotel, I borrowed it just to save the bother of fixing up my own greenheart.
Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler William Senior
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I saw the Parson weeded four times yesterday with his little ten-foot greenheart.
Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler William Senior
hernesheir commented on the word greenheart
One of the woods traditionally used to make fishing rods.
January 5, 2012