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canarywood

canarywood noun: the dark timber of two lauraceous trees of the Azores and Madeira, Persea indica and Apollonias barbujana (formerly known as Persea canariensis).

Noun

canarywood (uncountable)

  1. The dark timber of two lauraceous trees of the Azores and Madeira, Persea indica and Apollonias barbujana (formerly known as Persea canariensis).
  2. Centrolobium species (South America).
  3. Eucalyptus albens (Australia)
  4. The tulip tree, Liriodendron tulipifera (US)
  5. Morinda citrifolia
  6. Nauclea orientalis (Southeast Asia to Australia)

Origin of canarywood

From canary + wood.

Questions about canarywood

What does canarywood mean?
Canarywood means the dark timber of two lauraceous trees of the Azores and Madeira, Persea indica and Apollonias barbujana (formerly known as Persea canariensis).
What part of speech is canarywood?
Canarywood is a noun.

Words near canarywood in the dictionary

  1. canarying
  2. canarylike
  3. canarypox
  4. canarypoxvirus
  5. canarypoxviruses
  6. canarywood
  7. canasite
  8. canasta
  9. canastas
  10. canaster
  11. canastero

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