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pinkwood|ˈpɪŋkwʊd| [f. pink n.4 or a.1 + wood n.] Name for the ornamental wood of various trees, or for the trees themselves: a. Dicypellium caryophyllatum (Persea caryophyllata), family Lauraceæ, of Brazil, having a scent like that of carnations; b. Physocalymma floribundum, family Lythraceæ, also of Brazil, having striped rose-coloured wood, also called Tulip-wood; c. Beyeria viscosa, family Euphorbiaceæ, the Wallaby-bush, of Australia; d. Eucryphia billardieri, family Hypericaceæ, of Tasmania.
1884Miller Plant-n., Pink-wood-tree, Persea caryophyllata.—Brazilian, Physocalymma floridum. 1893Spon's Mechanic's Own Bk. (ed. 4) 166 Pinkwood (Beyeria viscosa)... Used for sheaves of blocks and for turnery. 1898Morris Austral Eng., Pinkwood, a name for a Tasmanian wood of a pale reddish mahogany colour, Eucryphia billardieri,..and for the Wallaby bush, Beyera viscosa, Miq., N.O. Euphorbiaceæ, common to all the colonies of Australasia. |