calamander

/ˈkæləˌmændə//ˈkæləˌmændɚ/

词源链

荷兰语Dutch
kalamanderhout
借入
si
කළු‘black’
派生
si
借入
英语English
calamander

词源说明

From Sinhalese [script needed] (kaḷu-madīriya), perhaps from Coromandel ebony (see coromandel), changed by association with Sinhalese කළු (kaḷu, “black”); or perhaps a metathetic variant of coromandel via Dutch kalamanderhout.

释义

名词noun

1A wood from India and Sri Lanka, of a hazel-brown color, with black stripes, very hard in texture. It is a kind of ebony obtained from species of Diospyros, especially Diospyros quaesita, used to make furniture.