Found 3 hits - Term: corkwood, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
porkwood \pork"wood`\, n. bot.
the coarse-grained brownish yellow wood of a small tree
pisonia obtusata of florida and the west indies. also
called pigeon wood, beefwood, and corkwood.
1913 webster
see also:
pisonia obtusata pigeon wood beefwood corkwood
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
corkwood \cork"wood`\ k^ork"woo^d`, n.
1. the wood of the cork oak. obs.
webster 1913 suppl.
2. any one of several trees or shrubs having light or corky
wood; esp.:
a in the united states, the tree leitneria floridana,
a very small deciduous dioecious tree or shrub of damp
habitats in the southeastern us having extremely light
wood; -- called also the corkwood tree.
b in the west indies: 1 either of the cotton trees
ochroma lagopus and pariti tiliaceum. 2 the tree
producing the aligator apple. 3 the blolly.
webster 1913 suppl. + wordnet 1.5
see also:
leitneria floridana corkwood tree ochroma lagopus pariti tiliaceum
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
corkwood
n : very small deciduous dioecious tree or shrub of damp
habitats in southeastern united states having extremely
light wood syn: corkwood tree, leitneria floridana
see also:
corkwood tree leitneria floridana
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