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Tall Australian acacia yielding highly valued black timber
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lightwood
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. tall Australian acacia yielding highly valued black timber [syn: Acacia melanoxylon ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lightwood \Light"wood`\ (l[imac]t"w[oo^]d`), n. Pine wood abounding in pitch, used for torches in the Southern United States; pine knots, dry sticks, and the like, for kindling a fire quickly or making a blaze.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Lightwood is a suburb of Stoke-On-Trent , Staffordshire , England. It is located to the south of Longton , and Lightwood Road runs from here to Rough Close. The area gives its name to the Lightwood Hoard , a substantial collection of Roman coins discovered ...
Usage examples of lightwood.
Oh, we had big chunk of lightwood en cook meat en hoecake en collards right dere in de woods.
There was a small fire on the hearth and a billet of lightwood stuck up on a firedog for the only illumination.