LIGHTWOOD

lightwood, Acacia melanoxylon

(noun) tall Australian acacia yielding highly valued black timber

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

lightwood (uncountable)

(North America) Any wood used to light a fire; kindlings; especially, very resinous pine wood.

Etymology 2

Noun

lightwood (plural lightwoods)

Any of various trees with pale-coloured wood, especially the Australian tree Acacia melanoxylon.

Source: Wiktionary


Light"wood`, n.

Definition: Pine wood abounding in pitch, used for torches in the Southern United States; pine knots, dry sticks, and the like, for kindling a fire quickly or making a blaze.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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