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horsewood

horsewood noun: a mimosoid tree found in the Caribbean and Latin America, Zygia latifolia, with crimson blossoms. Also other trees in Zygia.

Noun

horsewood (plural horsewoods)

  1. (archaic) A mimosoid tree found in the Caribbean and Latin America, Zygia latifolia, with crimson blossoms. Also other trees in Zygia.
  2. A tropical shrub or small tree related to citrus, Clausena anisata, with a fetid scent which has been compared to that of horse urine.

Forms of horsewood

pluralhorsewoods

Origin of horsewood

From horse + wood.

Words formed from horsewood

  • false horsewood

Questions about horsewood

What does horsewood mean?
Horsewood means a mimosoid tree found in the Caribbean and Latin America, Zygia latifolia, with crimson blossoms. Also other trees in Zygia.
What part of speech is horsewood?
Horsewood is a noun.
What is the plural of horsewood?
The plural of horsewood is horsewoods.

Words near horsewood in the dictionary

  1. horsewhippings
  2. horsewhips
  3. horsewoman
  4. horsewomanship
  5. horsewomen
  6. horsewood
  7. horsewoods
  8. horseworm
  9. horseworms
  10. horsey
  11. horseyculture

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