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ˈstinkwood
[f. stink n. + wood n., partly after Du. stinkhout.]
A name given esp. in Australia and South Africa to various trees the wood of which has an unpleasant odour; the wood of any of these trees.
1731Medley Kolben's Cape Gd. Hope II. 260 The Stink⁓wood tree grows to the size of an oak. 1827Hellyer in Bischoff's Van Diemen's Land (1832) 175 The timber in this district I found to be principally myrtle, sassafras, and stinkwood. 1866Treas. Bot. 1100/2 Stinkwood, the useful wood of Oreodaphne bullata, which has a most unpleasant odour lasting for a long time. Also that of Fœtidia mauritiana and Zieria macrophylla. 1882J. Smith Dict. Pop. Names Plants 240 Laurel, Cape of Good Hope (Laurus bullata)..well known in the Cape Colony as Stinkwood. 1898Daily News 13 May 7/3 From South Africa come feather Court dresses, a stinkwood walking stick [etc.]. 1898Morris Austral Eng. 439 Stinkwood... In Tasmania..the timber of Zieria smithii, Andr., N.O. Rutaceæ. |