Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A valuable timber-tree of Japan, the Zelkova acuminata. Its wood is prized, and is used extensively in cabinet-making, etc.
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- noun An
Asian tree , Zelkova serrata.
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Examples
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Takeji Nakagawa is a Japanese craftsman who makes his futuristic toys out of our types of wood: keyaki (a Japanese tree of the genus Zelkova), teak, walnut and white ash.
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The artisan crafts things like animals and futuristic robots out of four types of wood: keyaki a Japanese tree of the genus Zelkova, teak, walnut and white ash.
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They were mounted upon Japanese brocade of blue and dull gold, framed in keyaki wood, and out of their brown, time-stained shadows the great Rakan scowled or grinned or placidly gazed, grotesquely graceful masterpieces of a perished art.
Jason Justus Miles Forman 1895
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A farmer with a property assessed at 20 koku was not allowed to build a house more than 36 feet long, or to use in building it such superior qualities of wood as keyaki or hinoki.
Japan: an Attempt at Interpretation Lafcadio Hearn 1877
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There are some quaint little shrines in the groves along this path -- shrines with curious carvings of dragons and of lion-heads and flowing water -- all wrought ages ago in good keyaki-wood,
Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan First Series Lafcadio Hearn 1877
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NATURE IN SHORT/Less noticed flowers of prolific keyaki tree are in full bloom
WN.com - Articles related to Beetles use 'Avatar' technology to locate each other 2010
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NATURE IN SHORT/Less noticed flowers of prolific keyaki tree are in full bloom weather warms, many of the local woodland trees are starting to come into bloom.
WN.com - Articles related to Japan suspends beef exports over foot-and-mouth 2010
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Designed for walking, the boulevard is flanked by shady Japanese zelkova (keyaki) trees, the leaves of which change colour with the seasons.
TODAYonline 2010
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NATURE IN SHORT/Less noticed flowers of prolific keyaki tree are in full bloom weather warms, many of the local woodland trees are starting to come into bloom.
WN.com - Articles related to '10 most wanted' plants inspected for clues to climate change 2010
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NATURE IN SHORT/Less noticed flowers of prolific keyaki tree are in full bloom weather warms, many of the local woodland trees are starting to come into bloom.
WN.com - Articles related to '10 most wanted' plants inspected for clues to climate change 2010
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