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Tuesday, November 19th, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Bible Encyclopedias
Stink-Wood
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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In botany, a South African tree, known botanically as Ocotea bullata, and a member of the family Laurineae. Other names for it are Cape Walnut, Stinkhout, Cape Laurel and Laurel wood. It derives its name from having a strong and unpleasant smell when fresh felled. It is used for building in South Africa and is described by Stone ( Timbers of Commerce, p. 1 74) as "the most beautiful dark-coloured wood that I have yet met with." It is said to be a substitute for teak and equally durable. The wood is dark walnut or reddish brown to black with a yellow sap-wood, and the grain extremely fine, close, dense and smooth.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Stink-Wood'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/s/stink-wood.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Stink-Wood'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/s/stink-wood.html. 1910.
