English Dictionary

grenadilla

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞 別表記 異形

A species of tree found in Africa, Dalbergia melanoxylon, valued for its timber. / The wood obtained from this plant, blackwood, which is particularly used for making musical instruments.

日本語の意味

アフリカに自生する木の一種（Dalbergia melanoxylon）。 / この木から得られる木材（黒檀）、特に楽器製造に利用される高級材。

The luthier selected a rare piece of grenadilla to craft the clarinet's body.

楽器職人はクラリネットの胴体を作るために、希少なアフリカ黒檀の一片を選んだ。

意味（1）

A species of tree found in Africa, Dalbergia melanoxylon, valued for its timber.

On these plains, too, you will find the bushy oleander, many varieties of Jerusalem thorn and African rose, the bright scarlet of the cordium, bowers of jessamine, vines of grenadilla, and the silver and silky leaves of the portlandia.

意味（2）

The wood obtained from this plant, blackwood, which is particularly used for making musical instruments.

意味（3）

Alternative spelling of granadilla

Here and there we found a European farm, marked in the distance by the waving tops of the gum-trees, with the low wooden house festooned by the brilliant mauve blossoms of the climbing bougainvillea, and the garden enclosed by hedges of grenadilla, whose fruit is much eaten in South Africa.

grenadillas （ plural ）