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whitewood
/ ˈɲɪˌʊ /
noun
any of various trees with light-coloured wood, such as the tulip tree, basswood, and cottonwood
the wood of any of these trees
Also: whiteywood.another name for mahoe
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of whitewood1
Example Sentences
Through the earpiece it sounded like fine-grain sandpaper brushing on whitewood.
The linden or lime tree, sometimes wrongly called whitewood; also, its bark, which is used for making mats.
Here you find oaks, walnut, whitewood, and another kind of tree with branches armed with long thorns.
Canella, kan-el′a, n. a genus of low aromatic trees, one species the whitewood of wild cinnamon of the West Indies, yielding canella or white cinnamon bark.
In his work he introduced many light woods, such as whitewood, satinwood, and sycamore, which, when painted green, was termed harewood.
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