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brittlewood

brittlewood noun: a plant of species Claoxylon australe, native to Australia.

Noun

brittlewood (uncountable)

  1. A plant of species Claoxylon australe, native to Australia.
  2. A plant of species Nuxia congesta, native to Africa.

Origin of brittlewood

brittle + wood

Questions about brittlewood

What does brittlewood mean?
Brittlewood means a plant of species Claoxylon australe, native to Australia.
What part of speech is brittlewood?
Brittlewood is a noun.

Words near brittlewood in the dictionary

  1. brittlesome
  2. brittlest
  3. brittlestar
  4. brittlestars
  5. brittlestem
  6. brittlewood
  7. brittling
  8. brittly
  9. Brittney
  10. Brittny
  11. Britton

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