Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of leguminous trees of the tribe Dalbergieæ, type of the subtribe Pterocarpeæ.
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- noun genus of tropical trees or climbers having usually broadly winged pods
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Examples
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-- The "pterocarpus," L., is a tree of the first order with odd-pinnate leaves.
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines Jerome Beers Thomas 1891
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Miyombo or Brachystegia woodland dominated by Brachystegia spiciformis, Julbernardia globiflora and pterocarpus angolensis
Chapter 7 1991
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Others, with some probability, think that it was the Indian red sandal-wood, the pterocarpus santalinus, a heavy, fine-grained wood, the
Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897
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One tree of which bark cloth is made, pterocarpus, is abundant.
The Last Journals of David Livingstone from 1865 to His Death Ed 1874
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One tree of which bark cloth is made, pterocarpus, is abundant.
The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868 David Livingstone 1843
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- seed scarification: used for albizla lebleck, cassia gavanica, pterocarpus, etc.
1.1. Forests 1982
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(pterocarpus santalinus), an endemic wood that grows only in the Seshachalam hill ranges, spread across Kadapa, Chittoor and parts of Nellore and North Arcot (Tamil Nadu) districts, has a huge demand abroad.
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"It is a _pterocarpus_; that is, a vegetable with membranes resembling the wing of a bird.
Aventures d'un jeune naturaliste. English Lucien Biart 1863
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