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A beautiful mottled and curled wood, used in cabinetwork. It is obtained from the Pterocarpus Indicus of Amboyna, Borneo, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. wood of any of various apple trees of the genus Malus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. A shrub (Viburnum dentatum) growing in damp woods and thickets; -- so called from the long, straight, slender shoots. Also, any of several other similar small trees whose straight shoots were used for making arrows. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. any plant (Viburnum recognitum) closely related to southern arrow wood; eastern U.S. Maine to Ohio and Georgia.
Syn. -- arrow wood. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. pl. [ Back, a. + woods. ] The forests or partly cleared grounds on the frontiers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Backwoodsmen A man living in the forest in or beyond the new settlements, especially on the western frontiers of the United States in former times. Fisher Ames. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. A red wood of a leguminous tree (Baphia nitida), from Angola and the Gabon in Africa. It is used as a dyewood, and also for ramrods, violin bows and turner's work. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) The bass (Tilia) or its wood; especially, Tilia Americana. See Bass, the lime tree. [ 1913 Webster ]

All the bowls were made of basswood,
White and polished very smoothly. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An Australian tree (Casuarina), and its red wood, used for cabinetwork; also, the trees Stenocarpus salignus of New South Wales, and Banksia compar of Queensland. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot.) A highly elastic wood, used for fishing rods, etc. The tree is unknown, but it is thought to be East Indian. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A West Indian tree (Picræna excelsa) from the wood of which the bitter drug Jamaica quassia is obtained. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A name given to several dark-colored timbers. The East Indian black wood is from the tree Dalbergia latifolia. Balfour. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A tree having the wood or the sap of the color of blood. [ 1913 Webster ]

Norfolk Island bloodwood is a euphorbiaceous tree (Baloghia lucida), from which the sap is collected for use as a plant. Various other trees have the name, chiefly on account of the color of the wood, as Gordonia Hæmatoxylon of Jamaica, and several species of Australian Eucalyptus; also the true logwood ( Hæmatoxylon campechianum). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The wood of trees, esp. of oaks, dug up from peat bogs. It is of a shining black or ebony color, and is largely used for making ornaments. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The wood of the box (Buxus). [ 1913 Webster ]

[ OE. brasil, LL. brasile (cf. Pg. & Sp. brasil, Pr. bresil, Pr. bresil); perh. from Sp. or Pg. brasa a live coal (cf. Braze, Brasier); or Ar. vars plant for dyeing red or yellow. This name was given to the wood from its color; and it is said that King Emanuel, of Portugal, gave the name Brazil to the country in South America on account of its producing this wood. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The wood of the oriental Cæsalpinia Sapan; -- so called before the discovery of America. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A very heavy wood of a reddish color, imported from Brazil and other tropical countries, for cabinet-work, and for dyeing. The best is the heartwood of Caesalpinia echinata, a leguminous tree; but other trees also yield it. An inferior sort comes from Jamaica, the timber of Caesalpinia Braziliensis and Caesalpinia crista. This is often distinguished as Braziletto , but the better kind is also frequently so named. The wood is also used for violin bows. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. a tropical tree (Caesalpinia echinata) with a prickly trunk; its heavy red heartwood (also called brazilwood) yields a red dye and is used for cabinetry.
Syn. -- peachwood, pernambuco wood. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. wood from the hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea; used to make tobacco pipes.
Syn. -- brierwood. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. wood from the hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea; it is used to make tobacco pipes. See also 2nd brier and brier root.
Syn. -- briarwood. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Shrubs and bushes upon which animals browse. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Brush; a thicket or coppice of small trees and shrubs. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Small branches of trees cut off. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) The Platanus occidentalis, or American plane tree, a large tree, producing rough balls, from which it is named; -- called also buttonball tree, and, in some parts of the United States, sycamore. The California buttonwood is Platanus racemosa. [ 1913 Webster ]

A valuable furniture wood from India and Ceylon, of a hazel-brown color, with black stripes, very hard in texture. It is a species of ebony, and is obtained from the Diospyros quæsita. Called also Coromandel wood. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ From the bay of Campeachy, in Mexico. ] Logwood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Barwood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. any of several resinous trees or shrubs often burned for light. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

(Bot.) A West Indian tree (Turpinia occidentalis) of the family Staphyleaceæ. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. The durable aromatic wood of any of numerous cedar and cedarlike trees; especially the wood of the red cedar, often used for cedar chests.
Syn. -- cedar. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Chat a little stick + wood. ] Little sticks; twigs for burning; fuel. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a shrubby tree of the U. S. Pacific coast (Rhamnus purshianus or Rhamnus purshiana), whose bark is the cascara sagrada, used as a mild cathartic or laxative.
Syn. -- cascara, cascara buckthorn, bearberry, bearwood, chittimwood, Rhamnus purshianus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. a deciduous tree of SE U.S. and Mexico.
Syn. -- false buckthorn, chittimwood, shittimwood, black haw, Bumelia lanuginosa. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. a shrubby tree of southern U.S. (Cotinus obovatus) having large plumes of feathery flowers resembling puffs of smoke; -- called also American smoke tree.
Syn. -- American smokewood, Cotinus americanus, Cotinus obovatus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. wood of a citron tree. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. a durable fragrant wood used in building (as in the roof of Cordova Cathedral); -- called also sandarac.
Syn. -- sandarac. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

same as cocus wood. Syn. -- granadilla wood. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

A West Indian wood obtained from the granadilla tree, used for making flutes, clarinets, and other musical instruments. [ Also spelled cocoswood. ]
Syn. -- granadilla wood. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Brushwood; coppice. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an East Indian tree (Adenanthera pavonina) with racemes of yellow-white flowers; cultivated as an ornamental.
Syn. -- red sandalwood, Barbados pride, peacock flower fence, Adenanthera pavonina. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. The wood of the cork oak. [ Obs. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. Any one of several trees or shrubs having light or corky wood; esp.: (a) In the United States, the tree Leitneria floridana, a very small deciduous dioecious tree or shrub of damp habitats in the southeastern US having extremely light wood; -- called also the corkwood tree. (b) In the West Indies: (1) Either of the cotton trees Ochroma lagopus and Pariti tiliaceum. (2) The tree producing the aligator apple. (3) The blolly. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. + WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Bot.) An American tree of the genus Populus or poplar, having the seeds covered with abundant cottonlike hairs; esp., the Populus monilifera and Populus angustifolia of the Western United States. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Naut.) A mass of timbers built into the bow and stern of a vessel to give solidity. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Dead trees or branches; useless material. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. [ fig. ] People who are unproductive; -- used especially in reference to employees. [ PJC ]

n. (Bot.) A kind of tree (Osmanthus Americanus), allied to the European olive. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ So named from skewers (dags) being made of it. Dr. Prior. See Dag, and Dagger. ] (Bot.) The Cornus, a genus of large shrubs or small trees, the wood of which is exceedingly hard, and serviceable for many purposes. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ There are several species, one of which, Cornus mascula, called also cornelian cherry, bears a red acid berry. Cornus florida is the flowering dogwood, a small American tree with very showy blossoms. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dogwood tree. (a) The dogwood or Cornus. (b) A papilionaceous tree (Piscidia erythrina) growing in Jamaica. It has narcotic properties; -- called also Jamaica dogwood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A small black and white ladder-backed woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) of Central and Eastern U. S. and Canada. It strongly resembles the hairy woodpecker, but is smaller (6 1/2"), compared with about 9-1/2" for the hairy. It is common in suburban backyards. [ PJC ]

n. 1. Wood drifted or floated by water. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fig.: Whatever is drifting or floating as on water. [ 1913 Webster ]

The current of humanity, with its heavy proportion of very useless driftwood. New Your Times. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Any wood from which coloring matter is extracted for dyeing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Skr. aguru, through Pg. aguila; cf. F. bois d'aigle. ] A kind of fragrant wood. See Agallochum. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The soft, spongy wood of a species of Magnolia (M. Umbrella). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Corrupted fr. F. bois-fidèle, lit., faithful wood; -- so called from its durability. ] The wood of several West Indian trees, mostly of the genus Citharexylum. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Wood for fuel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) An Australian name for the very hard wood of the Eucalyptus piluralis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A small handsome round-headed deciduous tree (Cladrastis lutea) having showy white flowers in terminal clusters and heavy hardwood yielding yellow dye; also called yellowwood.
Syn. -- Kentucky yellowwood, Cladrastis lutea, Cladrastis kentukea, yellowwood. [ WordNet 1.5 ]