Meanings
nounbilian (uncountable)
- uncountableA hardwood tree, Eusideroxylon zwageri, of Malaysia, Borneo, Indonesia, and the Philippines.
1 more example
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.
1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 272 - uncountableThe timber of this tree, impervious to white-ants.
Origin
- Malaybelian
- Englishbilian
Borrowed from Malay belian.
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APA
bilian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bilian
MLA
“bilian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bilian. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bilian,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bilian.
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