WHITEWOOD

tulipwood, true tulipwood, whitewood, white poplar, yellow poplar

(noun) light easily worked wood of a tulip tree; used for furniture and veneer

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

whitewood (countable and uncountable, plural whitewoods)

Any of several deciduous trees that are used for furniture, especially the tulip tree.

The wood of these trees.

(pinball) A prototype version of a pinball table, without the final artwork.

Anagrams

• wood white

Source: Wiktionary


White"wood`, n.

Definition: The soft and easily-worked wood of the tulip tree (Liriodendron). It is much used in cabinetwork, carriage building, etc.

Note: Several other kinds of light-colored wood are called whitewood in various countries, as the wood of Bignonia leucoxylon in the West Indies, of Pittosporum bicolor in Tasmania, etc. Whitewood bark. See the Note under Canella.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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