a tall Australian acacia tree, A. melanoxylon, having small clusters of flowers and curved pods and yielding highly valued black timber
2.
any of various trees or shrubs of the leguminous genus Dalbergia, esp D. melanoxylon (of Africa) or D. latifolia (of India), yielding black wood used for carving and musical instruments
3.
the wood of any of these trees
Blackwood in British English1
(ˈblækˌwʊd)
noun
bridge
a conventional bidding sequence of four and five no-trumps, which are requests to the partner to show aces and kings respectively
Word origin
C20: named after Easeley F. Blackwood, its American inventor
Blackwood in British English2
(ˈblækˌwʊd)
noun
Algernon (Henry). 1869–1951, British novelist and short-story writer; noted for his supernatural tales
Examples of 'blackwood' in a sentence
blackwood
By noon the following day he had finished the blackwood frame and Bronwen had collected their few belongings together and was ready to go.