Empire-grown

adjective

Of timber and other produce, grown in the British Empire and imported into Britain.

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Meanings

adjectiveEmpire-grown (not comparable)
  1. historicalnot comparableOf timber and other produce, grown in the British Empire and imported into Britain.

    Decorations and appointments: Stainless steel is generally employed for all fittings, while compartments are decorated with polished veneers of Empire-grown timbers.

    1979 August, Graham Burtenshaw, Michael S. Welch, “O.V.S. Bulleid's SR loco-hauled coaches - 1”, in Railway World, page 396
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