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CAMWOOD
camwood, African sandalwood, Baphia nitida
(noun) small shrubby African tree with hard wood used as a dyewood yielding a red dye
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
camwood (countable and uncountable, plural camwoods)
An African hardwood tree, Baphia nitida, that is a form of sandalwood.
The wood of this tree.
Synonyms
• barwood
Source: Wiktionary
Cam"wood, n.
Definition: See Barwood.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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