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East Indian climbing shrub with twisted limbs and roots resembling serpents
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snakewood
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Wiktionary
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n. 1 (taxlink Brosimum guianense species noshow=1), an Amazonian tree having hard, speckled wood that resembles snakeskin; used in musical instruments. 2 (taxlink Acacia xiphophylla species noshow=1), an Australian tree with curving, snake-like limbs. 3 ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Letterwood \Let"ter*wood`\ (-w[oo^]d`), n. (Bot.) The beautiful and highly elastic wood of a tree of the genus Brosimum ( Brosimum Aubletii ), found in Guiana; -- so called from black spots in it which bear some resemblance to hieroglyphics; also called ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. East Indian climbing shrub with twisted limbs and roots resembling serpents [syn: Rauwolfia serpentina ]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Snakewood is a common name of several different plants: Acacia xiphophylla (family Fabaceae ) in Australia Acacia intorta in Australia Brosimum guianense (= Piratinera guianensis ) (family Moraceae ) in South America, an exotic hardwood prized for its highly ...
Usage examples of snakewood.
A host of improbable plants, smoke tree and snakewood, cork oaks and other rarities, dotted the lawns, their shapes rakish or anxious or sorrowful.
They saw a great deal that deserved to be painted: red houses like gems set in deep green, snakewood trees and smoke trees seared blue and brown.
The next morning this benevolent adventurer sat at an upper window of the Swan inn, tapping impatiently with a snakewood cane at his newly varnished boots.
At any rate, these plantings here at the foot of the steps are East Indian snakewood from Java and Timor.