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Tall Australian acacia yielding highly valued black timber
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lightwood
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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 ...
WordNet
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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.
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.