Meaning of bilian | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A hardwood tree, Eusideroxylon zwageri, of Malaysia, Borneo, Indonesia, and the Philippines.
   uncountable
2. The timber of this tree, impervious to white-ants.
   uncountable

Examples

“With forests of bilian - a wood which is used all over the East for similar purposes - within a few days' sail⟳ of Port Darwin, in British North Borneo, it is strange that a market at such a distance was selected, more especially as it would have⟳ benefited both countries to have⟳ had some interchange of trade⟳.”

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