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ˈcandle-wood
1. Resinous wood, splinters of which are burned to give light.
1753Chambers Cycl. Supp., Candlewood, slips of pine about the thickness of the finger, used in New England....to burn instead of candles. 1857Holland Bay Path xv. 168 The Candle-wood blazed cheerfully upon the hearth.
2. A popular name of several trees which yield such wood: Californian C., Fouquiera splendens; Jamaica C., Gomphia guianensis; S. American C., Sciadophyllum capitatum; White and Black C. (of the West Indies), Amyris balsamifera.
1712tr. Pomet's Hist. Drugs I. 62 Besides the Candle-Wood, we have..a certain red Wood which they call Coral-Wood. 1756P. Browne Jamaica 208 White Candlewood, or Rose-wood..The younger trees are frequently cut for firewood..they are full of resin, burn very freely and with a most agreeable smell. 1884Miller Plant-n. |