ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Bilian

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Bilian is a noun meaning A hardwood tree, Eusideroxylon zwageri, of Malaysia, Borneo, Indonesia, and the Philippines.

Meaning

A hardwood tree, Eusideroxylon zwageri, of Malaysia, Borneo, Indonesia, and the Philippines.

More Meanings

  1. The timber of this tree, impervious to white-ants.

Example Sentences

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.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include bilinga, keruing, bulletwood, bintangor, ifil, ipil.

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