Lexicographical Neighbors of Tamanu
Literary usage of Tamanu
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Technologist (1863)
"ON tamanu RESIN AND OIL FROM THE SOCIETY ISLANDS. ... Resin of tamanu.—In the
crevices of the bark of this tree is found • green, heavy resin, which remains ..."
2. Mystic Isles of the South Seas by Frederick O'Brien (1921)
"The Tahitians call the tamanu the healing-tree. ... I have had a tamanu-\e&f
soaked in fresh water laid upon my eye inflamed by too long a vigil in the sun ..."
3. Recent Exploring Expeditions to the Pacific and the South Seas, Under the by John Stilwell Jenkins (1853)
"Among the trees are the tamanu, hibiscus, pandanus, rata, pisonia, apapa, amai,
... The tamanu attains a vast size, and is often five feet in diameter. ..."
4. The Journal of the Polynesian Society by Polynesian Society (N.Z.) (1897)
"It is also called tamanu in Ponape and Nuku-oro, ... which coincides with the
Tahitian tamanu. Another class-name for the tree in Central Carolines and ..."
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