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Definition of Dacrydium franklinii
1. Noun. Tasmanian timber tree with yellow aromatic wavy-grained wood used for carving and ship building; sometimes placed in genus Dacrydium.
Group relationships: Genus Lagarostrobus, Lagarostrobus
Generic synonyms: Conifer, Coniferous Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dacrydium Franklinii
Literary usage of Dacrydium franklinii
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Veitch's Manual of the Coniferae: Containing a General Review of the Order by Adolphus Henry Kent, James Veitch & Sons (1900)
"Dacrydium franklinii. A tall pyramidal tree 80—100 feet high with a trunk 3—5
feet in ... Dacrydium franklinii, Hooker fil in Loud. Jouni. Bot. IV. 152, t. ..."
2. The Pinetum: Being a Synopsis of All the Coniferous Plants at Present Known by George Gordon, Robert Glendinning (1858)
"A compact bush, thickly covered with numerous small branches, and resembling
Dacrydium franklinii, in a small state, but said to be found on the mountains ..."
3. Proceedings by Royal Colonial Institute (Great Britain) (1889)
"... future for a market for her black- wood, Huon pine (Dacrydium franklinii),
King William pine, red myrtle, she-oak (Casuarina quadrivalvis), and musk. ..."
4. Wood: A Manual of the Natural History and Industrial Applications of the by George Simonds Boulger (1908)
"... and Huon Pine (Dacrydium franklinii). In New Zealand :— Honeysuckle or
Rewa-rewa (Knightia excelsa), Kauri Pine (Agathis ..."
5. The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and by C M Hovey (1866)
"The beautiful Dacrydium Cupressinum, which I have been trying the past two years
to obtain, Dacrydium franklinii, which is nearly hardy here, ..."
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