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grey corkwood

grey corkwood noun: a flowering tree, Erythrina vespertilio, of north and northeastern Australia.

Noun

grey corkwood (plural grey corkwoods)

  1. (Australia) A flowering tree, Erythrina vespertilio, of north and northeastern Australia.
    • The gate was five-barred, put together from crooked tree limbs, grey corkwood and sally wattle, iron coachbolts drilled through at the joints […].2002, Alex Miller, Journey to the Stone Country, Allen & Unwin, published 2003, page 127

Forms of grey corkwood

pluralgrey corkwoods

Questions about grey corkwood

What does grey corkwood mean?
Grey corkwood means a flowering tree, Erythrina vespertilio, of north and northeastern Australia.
What part of speech is grey corkwood?
Grey corkwood is a noun.
What is the plural of grey corkwood?
The plural of grey corkwood is grey corkwoods.

Words near grey corkwood in the dictionary

  1. grey cardinal
  2. grey cardinals
  3. grey cells
  4. grey club-rush
  5. grey club-rushes
  6. grey corkwood
  7. grey corkwoods
  8. grey count
  9. Grey County
  10. grey crested tit
  11. grey crested tits

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