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knobwood

knobwood noun: any of various South African trees of genus Zanthoxylum that have knob-like protuberances on the bark.

knobwood: any of various South African trees of genus Zanthoxylum that have knob-like protuberances on the...
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Noun

knobwood (plural knobwoods)

  1. Any of various South African trees of genus Zanthoxylum that have knob-like protuberances on the bark.
    • In one, whe had seen an object wrapped in a dirty cloth hanging from the branch of a knobwood tree.2017, Laura Spinney, Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How it Changed the World

Forms of knobwood

pluralknobwoods

Origin of knobwood

From the cone-shaped knob-like protuberances that cover the bark.

Questions about knobwood

What does knobwood mean?
Knobwood means any of various South African trees of genus Zanthoxylum that have knob-like protuberances on the bark.
What part of speech is knobwood?
Knobwood is a noun.
What is the plural of knobwood?
The plural of knobwood is knobwoods.

Words near knobwood in the dictionary

  1. knobtwat
  2. knobtwats
  3. knobular
  4. knobweed
  5. knobweeds
  6. knobwood
  7. knobwoods
  8. Knoch
  9. Knoche
  10. Knochenhauer spiral
  11. Knochenhauer spirals

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