单词 | hypernic |
释义 | hypernic|ˈhaɪpənɪk, haɪˈpɜːnɪk| [f. hyper- + Nic(aragua.] A wood from one of several tropical American trees, esp. Hæmatoxylon brasiletto, or the red dye extracted from it. Also attrib.
1897C. T. Davis Manuf. Leather (ed. 2) xlii. 567 Take 10 lbs. hypernic chips... Add the hypernic solution by degrees. 1924Record & Mell Timbers Tropical Amer. 247 The wood [of Haematoxylon brasiletto] from Nicaragua is known..in the trade as Nicaragua wood or ‘hypernic’, the latter term coined to indicate a superlative quality of the wood from that country, but subsequently applied rather indiscriminately to any red dyewood or dyewood extract. 1971R. J. Adrosko Nat. Dyes & Home Dyeing 26 Besides being called by the other common names for brazil⁓wood, braziletto was also known as Nicaragua wood and hypernick. |

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