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GREENHEART , one of the most valuable of timbers, the produce of Nectandra Rodiaei, natural See also:

order Lauraceae, a large See also:

tree, native of tropical See also:

South See also:

AMERICA

America and the See also:

West Indies. The See also:

INDIAN

Indian name of the tree is sipiri or bibiru, and from its bark and fruits is obtained the febrifuge principle See also:

BIBIRINE, or BEBEEZZINE, C19H21NO3

bibirine. Greenheart See also:

wood is of a dark-See also:

green See also:

COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour, See also:

sap wood and See also:

heart wood being so much alike that they can with difficulty be distinguished from each other. The heart wood is one of the most durable of all timbers, and its value is greatly enhanced by the fact that it is See also:

PROOF (in M. Eng. preove, proeve, preve, &°c., from O. Fr . prueve, proeve, &c., mod. preuve, Late. Lat. proba, probate, to prove, to test the goodness of anything, probus, good)

proof against the ravages of many marine borers which rapidly destroy piles and other submarine structures of most other kinds of wood available for such purposes. In the Kelvingrove Museum, See also:

GLASGOW

Glasgow, there are two pieces of planking from a See also:

WRECK

wreck submerged during eighteen years on the west See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of See also:

Scotland. The one specimen—greenheart—is merely slightly pitted on the See also:

SURFACE

surface, the See also:

BODY

body of the wood being perfectly See also:

sound and untouched, while the other—See also:

TEAK

teak—is almost entirely eaten away. Green-heart, tested either by transverse or by tensile See also:

STRAIN (through O. Fr. straindre, estraindre, mod. i treindre, from Lat. stringere, to draw tight, related to stress, stretch, string, &c.)

strain, is one of the strongest of all See also:

woods, and it is also exceedingly dense, its specific gravity being about 1150. It is included in the second See also:

LINE

line of See also:

Lloyd's See also:

SHIPBUILDING

shipbuilding purposes, and it is extensively used for keelsons, beams, See also:

engine-bearers and planking, &c., as well as in the See also:

general See also:

ENGINEERING

engineering arts, but its excessive See also:

WEIGHT

weight unfits it for many purposes for which its other properties would render it eminently suitable.

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