Plain brewed coffee contains almost no calories, while coffee with dairy products, sugar, and other flavorings is much higher in calories. An espresso has 20 calories. A nonfat latte has 72, while a flavored one has 134.
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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SYCAMORE
(noun) Eurasian maple tree with pale grey bark that peels in flakes like that of a sycamore tree; leaves with five ovate lobes yellow in autumn
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