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jackwood

jackwood noun: any member of the species Cryptocarya glaucescens of rainforest trees of eastern Australia whose bark is dark brown or reddish-brown and often scaly and whose wood is used for musical instruments.

jackwood: any member of the species Cryptocarya glaucescens of rainforest trees of eastern Australia whose...
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Noun

jackwood (usually uncountable, plural jackwoods)

  1. (usually) Any member of the species Cryptocarya glaucescens of rainforest trees of eastern Australia whose bark is dark brown or reddish-brown and often scaly and whose wood is used for musical instruments.
    Synonyms:
    silver sycamore, native laurel, brown beech, bolly laurel, brown laurel

Synonyms of jackwood

  • silver sycamore
  • native laurel
  • brown beech
  • bolly laurel
  • brown laurel

All synonyms of jackwood

Forms of jackwood

pluraljackwoods

Origin of jackwood

From jack + wood.

Questions about jackwood

What does jackwood mean?
Jackwood means any member of the species Cryptocarya glaucescens of rainforest trees of eastern Australia whose bark is dark brown or reddish-brown and often scaly and whose wood is used for musical instruments.
What part of speech is jackwood?
Jackwood is a noun.
What is the plural of jackwood?
The plural of jackwood is jackwoods.

Words near jackwood in the dictionary

  1. jacktops
  2. jackwad
  3. jackwads
  4. jackwagon
  5. jackwagons
  6. jackwood
  7. jackwoods
  8. jacky
  9. Jacky Bulbin Flat
  10. jacky dragon
  11. jacky dragons

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