[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

whitewood \white"wood`\, n.
   the soft and easily-worked wood of the tulip tree
   liriodendron tulipifera. it is much used in cabinetwork,
   carriage building, etc.
   1913 webster

   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.
         1913 webster

   whitewood bark. see the note under canella.
      1913 webster
see also:
liriodendron tulipifera bignonia leucoxylon pittosporum bicolor whitewood bark canella 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

canella \canel"la\ k.ane^l"l.a, n. ll. oe. canel,
   canelle, cinnamon, fr. f. cannelle, dim. of l. canna a reed.
   canella is so called from the shape of the rolls of prepared
   bark. see cane. bot.
   a genus of trees of the order canellaceae, growing in the
   west indies.
   1913 webster

   note: the principal species is canella alba, and its bark
         is a spice and drug exported under the names of wild
         cinnamon and whitewood bark.
         1913 webster
see also:
cane canellaceae canella alba wild cinnamon whitewood bark 

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