Very small deciduous dioecious tree or shrub of damp habitats in southeastern United States having extremely light wood

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Porkwood \Pork"wood`\, n. (Bot.) The coarse-grained brownish yellow wood of a small tree ( Pisonia obtusata ) of Florida and the West Indies. Also called pigeon wood , beefwood , and corkwood .

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Corkwood is a common name of a number of plants: Annona glabra , a plant found in the West Indies Commiphora angolensis or sand corkwood, a shrub species growing mainly in Angola and Namibia Duboisia , a genus with species found in Australia Endiandra sieberi ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. very small deciduous dioecious tree or shrub of damp habitats in southeastern United States having extremely light wood [syn: corkwood tree , Leitneria floridana ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 Any of numerous plants: 2 # (taxlink Annona glabra species noshow=1), a plant found in the West Indies. 3 # (taxlink Commiphora angolensis species noshow=1) or sand corkwood, a shrub species growing mainly in Angola and Namibia. 4 # (taxlink Duboisia ...