true
- noun proper alignment; the property possessed by something that is in correct or proper alignment
- verb make level, square, balanced, or concentric
true up.
- true up the cylinder of an engine
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lacewood
- noun variably colored and sometimes variegated hard tough elastic wood of a sycamore tree
sycamore.
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olive
- noun small ovoid fruit of the European olive tree; important food and source of oil
- noun evergreen tree cultivated in the Mediterranean region since antiquity and now elsewhere; has edible shiny black fruits
European olive tree; Olea europaea.
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brier-wood
- noun wood from the hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea; used to make tobacco pipes
brierwood; briarwood.
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taxodium_distichum
- noun common cypress of southeastern United States having trunk expanded at base; found in coastal swamps and flooding river bottoms
swamp cypress; pond bald cypress; southern cypress; bald cypress.
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ruby_wood
- noun hard durable wood of red sandalwood trees (Pterocarpus santalinus); prized for cabinetwork
red sandalwood.
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whitewood
- noun light easily worked wood of a tulip tree; used for furniture and veneer
true tulipwood; tulipwood; white poplar; yellow poplar.
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granadilla_wood
- noun dark red hardwood derived from the cocobolo and used in making musical instruments e.g. clarinets
- noun wood of the granadilla tree used for making musical instruments especially clarinets
cocoswood; cocuswood.
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true_tulipwood
- noun light easily worked wood of a tulip tree; used for furniture and veneer
whitewood; tulipwood; white poplar; yellow poplar.
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fir
- noun nonresinous wood of a fir tree
- noun any of various evergreen trees of the genus Abies; chiefly of upland areas
fir tree; true fir.
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sabicu
- noun the wood of the sabicu which resembles mahogany
sabicu wood.
- noun West Indian tree yielding a hard dark brown wood resembling mahogany in texture and value
Lysiloma sabicu.
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knotty
- adjective satellite making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe
tough; problematic; elusive; baffling; problematical.
- a baffling problem
- I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast
- a problematic situation at home
- adjective satellite used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots
gnarly; gnarled; knotted; knobbed.
- gnarled and knotted hands
- a knobbed stick
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fumed
- adjective satellite (of wood) darkened or colored by exposure to ammonia fumes
- verb be mad, angry, or furious
fume.
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elm
- noun any of various trees of the genus Ulmus: important timber or shade trees
elm tree.
- noun hard tough wood of an elm tree; used for e.g. implements and furniture
elmwood.
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sapwood
- noun newly formed outer wood lying between the cambium and the heartwood of a tree or woody plant; usually light colored; active in water conduction
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cherry
- noun wood of any of various cherry trees especially the black cherry
- noun any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone; many also produce a valuable hardwood
cherry tree.
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brushwood
- noun the wood from bushes or small branches
- they built a fire of brushwood
- noun a dense growth of bushes
thicket; coppice; brush; copse.
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walnut
- noun nut of any of various walnut trees having a wrinkled two-lobed seed with a hard shell
- noun hard dark-brown wood of any of various walnut trees; used especially for furniture and paneling
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wood
- noun the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
- noun the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
woods; forest.
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black
- noun the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
inkiness; blackness.
- noun total absence of light
lightlessness; pitch blackness; blackness; total darkness.
- they fumbled around in total darkness
- in the black of night
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swamp_cypress
- noun common cypress of southeastern United States having trunk expanded at base; found in coastal swamps and flooding river bottoms
Taxodium distichum; pond bald cypress; southern cypress; bald cypress.
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brierwood
- noun wood from the hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea; used to make tobacco pipes
brier-wood; briarwood.
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lancewood
- noun durable straight-grained wood of the lacewood tree; used for building and cabinetwork and tools
- noun source of most of the lancewood of commerce
lancewood tree; Oxandra lanceolata.
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port_orford_cedar
- noun the wood of the Port Orford cedar tree
- noun large timber tree of western North America with trunk diameter to 12 feet and height to 200 feet
Oregon cedar; Chamaecyparis lawsoniana; Lawson's cedar; Lawson's cypress.
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alder
- noun wood of any of various alder trees; resistant to underwater rot; used for bridges etc
- noun north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and conelike fruit; bark is used in tanning and dyeing and the wood is rot-resistant
alder tree.
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cedar
- noun any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars
cedar tree.
- noun durable aromatic wood of any of numerous cedar trees; especially wood of the red cedar often used for cedar chests
cedarwood.
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logwood
- noun very hard brown to brownish-red heartwood of a logwood tree; used in preparing a purplish red dye
- noun spiny shrub or small tree of Central America and West Indies having bipinnate leaves and racemes of small bright yellow flowers and yielding a hard brown or brownish-red heartwood used in preparing a black dye
logwood tree; campeachy; Haematoxylum campechianum; bloodwood tree.
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knot
- noun a tight cluster of people or things
- a small knot of women listened to his sermon
- the bird had a knot of feathers forming a crest
- noun any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object
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southern_cypress
- noun common cypress of southeastern United States having trunk expanded at base; found in coastal swamps and flooding river bottoms
Taxodium distichum; swamp cypress; pond bald cypress; bald cypress.
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yew
- noun wood of a yew; especially the durable fine-grained light brown or red wood of the English yew valued for cabinetwork and archery bows
- noun any of numerous evergreen trees or shrubs having red cup-shaped berries and flattened needlelike leaves
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satin_walnut
- noun reddish-brown wood and lumber from heartwood of the sweet gum tree used to make furniture
hazelwood; sweet gum; red gum.
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silver
- noun a soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography
atomic number 47; Ag.
- noun coins made of silver
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granadilla
- noun tropical American passionflower yielding the large granadilla fruit
Passiflora quadrangularis; giant granadilla.
- noun considered best for fruit
sweet granadilla; Passiflora ligularis.
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hickory
- noun valuable tough heavy hardwood from various hickory trees
- noun American hardwood tree bearing edible nuts
hickory tree.
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zebrawood
- noun handsomely striped or mottled wood of the zebrawood tree; used especially for cabinetwork
- noun any of various trees or shrubs having mottled or striped wood
zebrawood tree.
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guaiacum
- noun medicinal resin from the lignum vitae tree
- noun hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus Guaiacum
guaiac; lignum vitae.
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beechwood
- noun wood of any of various beech trees; used for flooring and containers and plywood and tool handles
beech.
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gum
- noun a preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing
chewing gum.
- noun the tissue (covered by mucous membrane) of the jaws that surrounds the bases of the teeth
gingiva.
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pond_bald_cypress
- noun common cypress of southeastern United States having trunk expanded at base; found in coastal swamps and flooding river bottoms
Taxodium distichum; swamp cypress; southern cypress; bald cypress.
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red
- noun red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
redness.
- noun a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows eastward from Texas along the southern boundary of Oklahoma and through Louisiana
Red River.
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bamboo
- noun the hard woody stems of bamboo plants; used in construction and crafts and fishing poles
- noun woody tropical grass having hollow woody stems; mature canes used for construction and furniture
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white_pine
- noun any of several five-needled pines with white wood and smooth usually light grey bark when young; especially the eastern white pine
- noun soft white wood of white pine trees
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tulipwood
- noun the variegated or showily striped ornamental wood of various tulipwood trees
- noun light easily worked wood of a tulip tree; used for furniture and veneer
true tulipwood; whitewood; white poplar; yellow poplar.
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shittimwood
- noun deciduous tree of southeastern United States and Mexico
false buckthorn; chittamwood; black haw; chittimwood; Bumelia lanuginosa.
- noun shrubby thorny deciduous tree of southeastern United States with white flowers and small black drupaceous fruit
mock orange; Bumelia lycioides; shittim; southern buckthorn.
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deal
- noun a particular instance of buying or selling
business deal; trade.
- it was a package deal
- I had no further trade with him
- he's a master of the business deal
- noun an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each
bargain.
- he made a bargain with the devil
- he rose to prominence through a series of shady deals
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hardwood
- noun the wood of broad-leaved dicotyledonous trees (as distinguished from the wood of conifers)
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mahogany
- noun wood of any of various mahogany trees; much used for cabinetwork and furniture
- noun any of various tropical timber trees of the family Meliaceae especially the genus Swietinia valued for their hard yellowish- to reddish-brown wood that is readily worked and takes a high polish
mahogany tree.
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rootstock
- noun a horizontal plant stem with shoots above and roots below serving as a reproductive structure
rootstalk; rhizome.
- noun root or part of a root used for plant propagation; especially that part of a grafted plant that supplies the roots
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fruitwood
- noun wood of various fruit trees (as apple or cherry or pear) used especially in cabinetwork
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teakwood
- noun hard strong durable yellowish-brown wood of teak trees; resistant to insects and to warping; used for furniture and in shipbuilding
teak.
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woody
- adjective made of or containing or resembling wood
- woody plants
- perennial herbs with woody stems
- a woody taste
- adjective satellite abounding in trees
arboreous; arboraceous; woodsy.
- an arboreous landscape
- violets in woodsy shady spots
- a woody area near the highway
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elmwood
- noun hard tough wood of an elm tree; used for e.g. implements and furniture
elm.
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beefwood
- noun a tropical hardwood tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timber
balata; Manilkara bidentata; balata tree; bully tree.
- noun any of several heavy hard reddish chiefly tropical woods of the families Casuarinaceae and Proteaceae; some used for cabinetwork
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quandong
- noun Australian tree with edible flesh and edible nutlike seed
Fusanus acuminatus; Eucarya acuminata; quandong tree; quandang.
- noun the fruit of the Brisbane quandong tree
blue fig.
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douglas
- noun United States politician who proposed that individual territories be allowed to decide whether they would have slavery; he engaged in a famous series of debates with Abraham Lincoln (1813-1861)
Stephen Arnold Douglas; Little Giant; Stephen A. Douglas.
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splinters
- noun wood in small pieces or splinters
matchwood.
- the vessel was beaten to matchwood on the rocks
- noun a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal
splinter; sliver.
- he got a splinter in his finger
- it broke into slivers
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fumed_oak
- noun oak given a weathered appearance by exposure to fumes of ammonia; used for cabinetwork
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brier
- noun tangled mass of prickly plants
brier patch; brierpatch.
- noun a thorny stem or twig
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nurse
- noun one skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician)
- noun a woman who is the custodian of children
nursemaid; nanny.
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bald
- verb grow bald; lose hair on one's head
- adjective satellite with no effort to conceal
barefaced.
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kauri
- noun resin of the kauri trees of New Zealand; found usually as a fossil; also collected for making varnishes and linoleum
kauri copal; kauri gum; kauri resin.
- noun tall timber tree of New Zealand having white straight-grained wood
Agathis australis; kaury.
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burl
- noun the wood cut from a tree burl or outgrowth; often used decoratively in veneer
- noun a large rounded outgrowth on the trunk or branch of a tree
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philippine_mahogany
- noun red hardwood of the Philippine mahogany tree used for cigar boxes and interior finish
- noun Philippine timber tree having hard red fragrant wood
Toona calantas; Cedrela calantas; Philippine cedar; kalantas.
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bald_cypress
- noun smaller than and often included in the closely related Taxodium distichum
pond cypress; Taxodium ascendens.
- noun common cypress of southeastern United States having trunk expanded at base; found in coastal swamps and flooding river bottoms
Taxodium distichum; swamp cypress; pond bald cypress; southern cypress.
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basswood
- noun soft light-colored wood of any of various linden trees; used in making crates and boxes and in carving and millwork
linden.
- noun any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers; several yield valuable timber
linden; linden tree; lime tree; lime.
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dogwood
- noun a tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowers
dogwood tree; cornel.
- noun hard tough wood of any dogwood of the genus Cornus; resembles boxwood
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ash
- noun the residue that remains when something is burned
- noun any of various deciduous pinnate-leaved ornamental or timber trees of the genus Fraxinus
ash tree.
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kingwood
- noun handsome violet-streaked wood of the kingwood tree; used especially in cabinetwork
- noun Brazilian tree yielding a handsome cabinet wood
kingwood tree; Dalbergia cearensis.
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incense
- noun a substance that produces a fragrant odor when burned
- noun the pleasing scent produced when incense is burned
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heartwood
- noun the older inactive central wood of a tree or woody plant; usually darker and denser than the surrounding sapwood
duramen.
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yellowwood
- noun the yellow wood of any of various yellowwood trees
- noun any of various trees having yellowish wood or yielding a yellow extract
yellowwood tree.
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lignum_vitae
- noun hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus Guaiacum
guaiac; guaiacum.
- noun small evergreen tree of Caribbean and southern Central America to northern South America; a source of lignum vitae wood, hardest of commercial timbers, and a medicinal resin
Guaiacum officinale.
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sweet
- noun a dish served as the last course of a meal
dessert; afters.
- noun English phonetician; one of the founders of modern phonetics (1845-1912)
Henry Sweet.
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white_poplar
- noun a poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States; has white bark and leaves with whitish undersurfaces
aspen poplar; silver-leaved poplar; white aspen; Populus alba; abele.
- noun light easily worked wood of a tulip tree; used for furniture and veneer
true tulipwood; whitewood; tulipwood; yellow poplar.
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citronwood
- noun wood of a citron tree
- noun durable fragrant wood; used in building (as in the roof of the cathedral at Cordova, Spain)
sandarac.
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ironwood
- noun handsome East Indian evergreen tree often planted as an ornamental for its fragrant white flowers that yield a perfume; source of very heavy hardwood used for railroad ties
ironwood tree; Mesua ferrea; rose chestnut.
- noun exceptionally tough or hard wood of any of a number of ironwood trees
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red_lauan
- noun hard heavy red wood of the red lauan tree; often sold as Philippine mahogany
- noun valuable Philippine timber tree
red lauan tree; Shorea teysmanniana.
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rosewood
- noun hard dark reddish wood of a rosewood tree having a strongly marked grain; used in cabinetwork
- noun any of those hardwood trees of the genus Dalbergia that yield rosewood--valuable cabinet woods of a dark red or purplish color streaked and variegated with black
rosewood tree.
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duramen
- noun the older inactive central wood of a tree or woody plant; usually darker and denser than the surrounding sapwood
heartwood.
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ebony
- noun a very dark black
jet black; soot black; sable; coal black; pitch black.
- noun hard dark-colored heartwood of the ebony tree; used in cabinetwork and for piano keys
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vitae
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maple
- noun wood of any of various maple trees; especially the hard close-grained wood of the sugar maple; used especially for furniture and flooring
- noun any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer bearing winged seeds in pairs; north temperate zone
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eye
- noun the organ of sight
optic; oculus.
- noun good discernment (either visually or as if visually)
- she has an eye for fresh talent
- he has an artist's eye
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log
- noun a segment of the trunk of a tree when stripped of branches
- noun the exponent required to produce a given number
logarithm.
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wicker
- noun slender flexible branches or twigs (especially of willow or some canes); used for wickerwork
- noun work made of interlaced slender branches (especially willow branches)
wickerwork; caning.
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black_locust
- noun strong stiff wood of a black-locust tree; very resistant to decay
- noun large thorny tree of eastern and central United States having pinnately compound leaves and drooping racemes of white flowers; widely naturalized in many varieties in temperate regions
yellow locust; Robinia pseudoacacia.
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sandarac_tree
- noun large coniferous evergreen tree of North Africa and Spain having flattened branches and scalelike leaves yielding a hard fragrant wood; bark yields a resin used in varnishes
sandarac; Tetraclinis articulata; Callitris quadrivalvis.
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nurse_log
- noun a large decomposing tree trunk that has fallen, usually in a forest; the decaying wood provides moisture and nutrients for a variety of insects and plants
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tupelo
- noun pale soft wood of a tupelo tree especially the water gum
- noun any of several gum trees of swampy areas of North America
tupelo tree.
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sweet_gum
- noun reddish-brown wood and lumber from heartwood of the sweet gum tree used to make furniture
hazelwood; red gum; satin walnut.
- noun aromatic exudate from the sweet gum tree
liquidambar.
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white
- noun the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)
whiteness.
- noun a member of the Caucasoid race
White person; Caucasian.
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southern
- adjective in or characteristic of a region of the United States south of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line
- southern hospitality
- southern cooking
- southern plantations
- adjective satellite situated in or oriented toward the south
southerly.
- a southern exposure
- took a southerly course
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quira
- noun hard heavy red wood of a quira tree
Panama redwood.
- noun any of several tropical American trees some yielding economically important timber
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chestnut
- noun wood of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea
- noun any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn; yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur
chestnut tree.
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box
- noun a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid
- he rummaged through a box of spare parts
- noun private area in a theater or grandstand where a small group can watch the performance
loge.
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pyinma
- noun relatively hard durable timber from the Queen's crape myrtle; light reddish brown, smooth and lustrous
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cypress
- noun wood of any of various cypress trees especially of the genus Cupressus
- noun any of numerous evergreen conifers of the genus Cupressus of north temperate regions having dark scalelike leaves and rounded cones
cypress tree.
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cabinet
- noun a piece of furniture resembling a cupboard with doors and shelves and drawers; for storage or display
- noun persons appointed by a head of state to head executive departments of government and act as official advisers
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holm
(Bot.) A common evergreen oak, of Europe (Quercus Ilex); -- called also ilex, and holly.
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pecan
- noun wood of a pecan tree
- noun tree of southern United States and Mexico cultivated for its nuts
Carya illinoensis; Carya illinoinsis; pecan tree.
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gumwood
- noun wood or lumber from any of various gum trees especially the sweet gum
gum.
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beech
- noun any of several large deciduous trees with rounded spreading crowns and smooth grey bark and small sweet edible triangular nuts enclosed in burs; north temperate regions
beech tree.
- noun wood of any of various beech trees; used for flooring and containers and plywood and tool handles
beechwood.
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sandarac
- noun durable fragrant wood; used in building (as in the roof of the cathedral at Cordova, Spain)
citronwood.
- noun a brittle and faintly aromatic translucent resin used in varnishes
sandarach.
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ruby
- noun a transparent piece of ruby that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem
- noun a transparent deep red variety of corundum; used as a gemstone and in lasers
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matchwood
- noun wood in small pieces or splinters
splinters.
- the vessel was beaten to matchwood on the rocks
- noun wood suitable for making matchsticks
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lauan
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raw
- noun informal terms for nakedness
birthday suit; altogether.
- in the raw
- in the altogether
- in his birthday suit
- adjective satellite (used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes
natural; rude.
- natural yogurt
- natural produce
- raw wool
- raw sugar
- bales of rude cotton
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sycamore
- noun variably colored and sometimes variegated hard tough elastic wood of a sycamore tree
lacewood.
- noun any of several trees of the genus Platanus having thin pale bark that scales off in small plates and lobed leaves and ball-shaped heads of fruits
platan; plane tree.
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tree
- noun a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
- noun a figure that branches from a single root
tree diagram.
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larch
- noun wood of a larch tree
- noun any of numerous conifers of the genus Larix all having deciduous needlelike leaves
larch tree.
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lumber
- noun the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material
timber.
- noun an implement used in baseball by the batter
baseball bat.
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callitris_quadrivalvis
- noun large coniferous evergreen tree of North Africa and Spain having flattened branches and scalelike leaves yielding a hard fragrant wood; bark yields a resin used in varnishes
sandarac; Tetraclinis articulata; sandarac tree.
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linden
- noun soft light-colored wood of any of various linden trees; used in making crates and boxes and in carving and millwork
basswood.
- noun any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers; several yield valuable timber
linden tree; lime tree; basswood; lime.
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brazilwood
- noun heavy wood of various brazilwood trees; used for violin bows and as dyewoods
- noun tropical tree with prickly trunk; its heavy red wood yields a red dye and is used for cabinetry
peach-wood; Caesalpinia echinata; peachwood; pernambuco wood.
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teak
- noun hard strong durable yellowish-brown wood of teak trees; resistant to insects and to warping; used for furniture and in shipbuilding
teakwood.
- noun tall East Indian timber tree now planted in western Africa and tropical America for its hard durable wood
Tectona grandis.
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obeche
- noun the wood of an African obeche tree; used especially for veneering
- noun large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds; yields soft white to pale yellow wood
arere; Triplochiton scleroxcylon; samba; obechi.
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locust
- noun migratory grasshoppers of warm regions having short antennae
- noun hardwood from any of various locust trees
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bentwood
- noun wood that is steamed until it becomes pliable and then is shaped for use in making furniture
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bird
- noun warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
- noun the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food
fowl.
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red_gum
- noun reddish-brown dried gummy exudation from any of several trees of the genus Eucalyptus especially Eucalyptus camaldulensis
eucalyptus kino; eucalyptus gum.
- noun very large red gum tree
Eucalyptus calophylla; marri.
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satinwood
- noun West Indian tree with smooth lustrous and slightly oily wood
Zanthoxylum flavum; West Indian satinwood.
- noun hard yellowish wood of a satinwood tree having a satiny luster; used for fine cabinetwork and tools
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briarwood
- noun wood from the hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea; used to make tobacco pipes
brierwood; brier-wood.
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spruce
- noun light soft moderately strong wood of spruce trees; used especially for timbers and millwork
- noun any coniferous tree of the genus Picea
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sequoia
- noun either of two huge coniferous California trees that reach a height of 300 feet; sometimes placed in the Taxodiaceae
redwood.
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pond_cypress
- noun smaller than and often included in the closely related Taxodium distichum
Taxodium ascendens; bald cypress.
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douglas_fir
- noun strong durable timber of a douglas fir
- noun tall evergreen timber tree of western North America having resinous wood and short needles
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blackwood
- noun very dark wood of any of several blackwood trees
- noun any of several hardwood trees yielding very dark-colored wood
blackwood tree.
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sandalwood
- noun close-grained fragrant yellowish heartwood of the true sandalwood; has insect repelling properties and is used for carving and cabinetwork
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turkish_boxwood
- noun very hard tough close-grained light yellow wood of the box (particularly the common box); used in delicate woodwork: musical instruments and inlays and engraving blocks
boxwood.
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swamp
- noun low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog
swampland.
- noun a situation fraught with difficulties and imponderables
- he was trapped in a medical swamp
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saw
- noun a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
proverb; byword; adage.
- noun hand tool having a toothed blade for cutting
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yellow
- noun yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons
yellowness.
- verb turn yellow
- The pages of the book began to yellow
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oak
- noun the hard durable wood of any oak; used especially for furniture and flooring
- noun a deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves
oak tree.
- great oaks grow from little acorns
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pine
- noun a coniferous tree
true pine; pine tree.
- noun straight-grained durable and often resinous white to yellowish timber of any of numerous trees of the genus Pinus
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lemonwood
- noun hard tough elastic wood of the lemonwood tree; used for making bows and fishing rods
- noun South African evergreen having hard tough wood
Psychotria capensis; lemon-wood; lemonwood tree; lemon-wood tree.
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hazelwood
- noun reddish-brown wood and lumber from heartwood of the sweet gum tree used to make furniture
sweet gum; red gum; satin walnut.
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graft
- noun (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient
transplant.
- noun the practice of offering something (usually money) in order to gain an illicit advantage
bribery.
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cedarwood
- noun durable aromatic wood of any of numerous cedar trees; especially wood of the red cedar often used for cedar chests
cedar.
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red_sandalwood
- noun hard durable wood of red sandalwood trees (Pterocarpus santalinus); prized for cabinetwork
ruby wood.
- noun tree of India and East Indies yielding a hard fragrant timber prized for cabinetwork and dark red heartwood used as a dyewood
red saunders; red sanders; red sanderswood; Pterocarpus santalinus.
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redwood
- noun the soft reddish wood of either of two species of sequoia trees
- noun either of two huge coniferous California trees that reach a height of 300 feet; sometimes placed in the Taxodiaceae
sequoia.
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juniper
- noun desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers; constitutes the juniper of the Old Testament; sometimes placed in genus Genista
juniper bush; Retama raetam; retem; Genista raetam; raetam.
- noun coniferous shrub or small tree with berrylike cones
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amboyna
- noun mottled curly-grained wood of Pterocarpus indicus
Andaman redwood.
- noun tree native to southeastern Asia having reddish wood with a mottled or striped black grain
Pterocarpus indicus; padouk; padauk.
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hazel
- noun Australian tree grown especially for ornament and its fine-grained wood and bearing edible nuts
hazel tree; Pomaderris apetala.
- noun the fine-grained wood of a hazelnut tree (genus Corylus) and the hazel tree (Australian genus Pomaderris)
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pear
- noun sweet juicy gritty-textured fruit available in many varieties
- noun Old World tree having sweet gritty-textured juicy fruit; widely cultivated in many varieties
pear tree; Pyrus communis.
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cocuswood
- noun wood of the granadilla tree used for making musical instruments especially clarinets
cocoswood; granadilla wood.
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holm_oak
- noun hard wood of the holm oak tree
- noun evergreen oak of southern Europe having leaves somewhat resembling those of holly; yields a hard wood
holm tree; holly-leaved oak; evergreen oak; Quercus ilex.
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fruit
- noun the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant
- noun an amount of a product
yield.
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birch
- noun hard close-grained wood of any of various birch trees; used especially in furniture and interior finishes and plywood
- noun any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark
birch tree.
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guaiac
- noun hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus Guaiacum
guaiacum; lignum vitae.
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poon
- noun wood of any poon tree; used for masts and spars
- noun any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum having shiny leathery leaves and lightweight hard wood
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eucalyptus
- noun wood of any of various eucalyptus trees valued as timber
- noun a tree of the genus Eucalyptus
eucalyptus tree; eucalypt.
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hemlock
- noun poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium
- Socrates refused to flee and died by drinking hemlock
- noun large branching biennial herb native to Eurasia and Africa and adventive in North America having large fernlike leaves and white flowers; usually found in damp habitats; all parts extremely poisonous
poison parsley; poison hemlock; Nebraska fern; Conium maculatum; California fern; winter fern.
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orchard
- noun garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth
grove; woodlet; plantation.
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sumac
- noun wood of a sumac
- noun a shrub or tree of the genus Rhus (usually limited to the non-poisonous members of the genus)
sumach; shumac.
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yellow_poplar
- noun light easily worked wood of a tulip tree; used for furniture and veneer
true tulipwood; whitewood; tulipwood; white poplar.
- noun tall North American deciduous timber tree having large tulip-shaped greenish yellow flowers and conelike fruit; yields soft white woods used especially for cabinet work
tulip tree; Liriodendron tulipifera; tulip poplar; canary whitewood.
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balsa
- noun strong lightweight wood of the balsa tree used especially for floats
balsa wood.
- noun forest tree of lowland Central America having a strong very light wood; used for making floats and rafts and in crafts
Ochroma lagopus.
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panama_redwood
- noun hard heavy red wood of a quira tree
quira.
- noun large erect shrub of Colombia having large odd-pinnate leaves with large leaflets and axillary racemes of fragrant yellow flowers
Platymiscium pinnatum; Panama redwood tree.
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cocoswood
- noun wood of the granadilla tree used for making musical instruments especially clarinets
granadilla wood; cocuswood.
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boxwood
- noun very hard tough close-grained light yellow wood of the box (particularly the common box); used in delicate woodwork: musical instruments and inlays and engraving blocks
Turkish boxwood.
- noun evergreen shrubs or small trees
box.
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poplar
- noun soft light-colored non-durable wood of the poplar
- noun any of numerous trees of north temperate regions having light soft wood and flowers borne in catkins
poplar tree.
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tetraclinis_articulata
- noun large coniferous evergreen tree of North Africa and Spain having flattened branches and scalelike leaves yielding a hard fragrant wood; bark yields a resin used in varnishes
sandarac; Callitris quadrivalvis; sandarac tree.
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red_cedar
- noun large valuable arborvitae of northwestern United States
canoe cedar; Thuja plicata; western red cedar.
- noun small juniper found east of Rocky Mountains having a conic crown, brown bark that peels in shreds, and small sharp needles
eastern red cedar; red juniper; Juniperus virginiana.
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