STINKWOOD

Etymology

Noun

stinkwood (plural stinkwoods)

Any of several unrelated trees whose wood has an unpleasant smell, but especially Ocotea bullata, a south African tree yielding hard, heavy wood

Source: Wiktionary


Stink"wood`, n. (Bot.)

Definition: A name given to several kinds of wood with an unpleasant smell, as that of the Foetidia Mauritiana of the Mauritius, and that of the South African Ocotea bullata.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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