Wood that is whitish or very pale in colour; any of various types of such wood. Also: any of numerous trees producing such wood.
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| 释义 | the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > [noun] > names applied to various types of trees or shrubs (10) whitewood1562 Wood that is whitish or very pale in colour; any of various types of such wood. Also: any of numerous trees producing such wood. yellowwood1583 Any of various trees and shrubs having yellowish wood (frequently with distinguishing word). Also: the wood itself. lightwood1597 Any of various trees so called from the lightness of their wood; (in later use) esp. the hickory wattle, Acacia implexa, and coachwood Ceratopetalu… redwood1693 Any of various trees with reddish wood; (in later use) esp. (more fully California redwood, coast redwood) the very large, long-lived conifer Sequo… hoop-wood1756 a tree yielding wood suitable for making hoops; (in Jamaica) Calliandra latifolia; (in the United States) the Hoop-ash; the black ash, Fraxinus nigra… stave-wood1778 a name given to several trees furnishing wood suitable for cask-staves (see quots.). whistle-wood1825 a name for various trees whose bark is easily peeled off, used by boys to make whistles, as the alder, bass-wood, mountain-ash, and various… whip-cropa1850 a local name for several shrubs or trees whose stems are used for whipstocks, as the white-beam (Pyrus aria) and the wayfaring tree (Viburnum lantana… pepperwood1858 More fully pepperwood tree. Any of various trees with spicy or pungently aromatic wood, bark, or leaves, esp. (a) any of the lauraceous trees Umb… white tree1863 any of several trees having pale wood, esp. the paperbark tea tree Melaleuca leucadendra. |
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