2. Noun. A type of shrub (''Colubrina arborescens'') native to Florida and the Caribbean. ¹
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Definition of Greenheart
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Greenheart
Literary usage of Greenheart
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Principal Species of Wood: Their Characteristic Properties by Charles Henry Snow (1908)
"greenheart, a South American wood, was early placed among the first class of ...
greenheart is suited for rollers, pins, and similar articles that require ..."
2. Timber by James Rae Baterden (1908)
"23), by which means the logs are hauled by natives to the rivers, then slung on
each side of flat boats, as greenheart will not float, and taken down to the ..."
3. The Technologist (1863)
"The greenheart tree (Nectandra ... than either the greenheart bark, or yellow
cinchona bark. Its tincture, which is by reflection- light, dark olive green, ..."
4. Principles and Practice of Harbour Construction by William Shield (1895)
"... oak, and teak useful in some localities—Pitch pine quickly attacked by
sea-worms — greenheart and jarrah liable to split — American rock elm useful for ..."
5. The Materials of Engineering by Robert Henry Thurston (1884)
"It is, therefore, well adapted for pole-springs, and is useful wherever an elastic
and strong wood may be needed. 94. greenheart (Nectandra ..."
6. Pharmaceutical Journal by Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1856)
"Specimens of the Bark and Fruit of the greenheart Tree, from Mr. C. McCulloch.
Specimen of the Ordeal Bean of Old Calabar, from Dr. Christison. ..."
7. Medicinal Plants: Being Descriptions with Original Figures of the Principal ...by Robert Bentley, Henry Trimen by Robert Bentley, Henry Trimen (1880)
"Maclagan and Gamgee have recently obtained from the wood of the greenheart tree,
three other alkaloids, one of which they have named ..."
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