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dyewoods

dyewoods is the plural of dyewood.

Meaning of dyewood

Noun

dyewood (countable and uncountable, plural dyewoods)

  1. 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
  2. A tree from which such wood is harvested.

Questions about dyewoods

What is dyewoods the plural of?
Dyewoods is the plural of dyewood.

Words near dyewoods in the dictionary

  1. Dyeus
  2. dyewater
  3. dyewaters
  4. dyeweed
  5. dyewood
  6. dyewoods
  7. dyework
  8. dyeworks
  9. Dyfed
  10. Dyffryn
  11. Dyffryn Ardudwy

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