dyewood
dyewood noun: any wood (including bark) from which colouring matter is extracted for dyeing.
Noun
dyewood (countable and uncountable, plural dyewoods)
- Any wood (including bark) from which colouring matter is extracted for dyeing.
- Cochineal was cultivated in individual households, indigo was common, and several dyewoods were indigenous.1979, Kax Wilson, A History of Textiles, Westview Press, →ISBN, page 336
- He would take with him red brasilwood from the East Indies – a dye-wood that was so valued that when a few years later the Portuguese found it in the New World, they would name a country after it.2002, Victoria Finlay, Colour, Sceptre, published 2003, page 198
- A tree from which such wood is harvested.
Forms of dyewood
| plural | dyewoods |
|---|---|
| alternative form | dye-wood |
Origin of dyewood
From dye + wood.
Questions about dyewood
- What does dyewood mean?
- Dyewood means any wood (including bark) from which colouring matter is extracted for dyeing.
- What part of speech is dyewood?
- Dyewood is a noun.
- What is the plural of dyewood?
- The plural of dyewood is dyewoods.
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