jackwoods

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