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Definition of Hymenaea courbaril
1. Noun. West Indian locust tree having pinnate leaves and panicles of large white or purplish flowers; yields very hard tough wood.
Group relationships: Genus Hymenaea, Hymenaea
Terms within: Courbaril Copal
Generic synonyms: Locust, Locust Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hymenaea Courbaril
Literary usage of Hymenaea courbaril
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Select Extra-tropical Plants, Readily Eligible for Industrial Culture Or by Ferdinand von Mueller (1891)
"Hymenaea courbaril, Linné. Tropical and Southern sub-tropical America. A tree of
colossal size and remarkable longevity. Timber hard, extremely heavy, ..."
2. The Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia: Commercial by Edward Balfour (1885)
"... is a gum-resin the product of the Hymenaea courbaril, the courbaril locust
tree of South America, introduced into ..."
3. Views of Nature: Or, Contemplations on the Sublime Phenomena of Creation by Alexander von Humboldt, Elise C. Otté, Henry George Bohn (1850)
"We may here instance Baobabs, Dragon trees, various species of Eucalyptus, Taxodium
distichum, (Rich.,) Pinus Lambertiana, (Douglasii,) Hymenaea courbaril, ..."
4. Notes on the Manufacture of Pottery Among Savage Races by Charles Frederick Hartt (1873)
"... Hymenaea courbaril; (2) but it does not appear to be the product of the Jutahy
alone, for Dr. Pimentel has presented me with a beautiful lip-ornament, ..."
5. Plant-geography Upon a Physiological Basis by Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper (1903)
"Near them stand several tall trees, Hymenaea courbaril and H. verrucosa, whose
appearance may be described as autumnal : the soil beneath them is thickly ..."
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