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leadwood

leadwood noun: a southern African tree with exceptionally hard and dense wood, Combretum imberbe.

Noun

leadwood (plural leadwoods)

  1. A southern African tree with exceptionally hard and dense wood, Combretum imberbe
    • And then the nights in the camp, the meat strung up in the trees and the heavy leadwood logs burning as high as a house.1978, André Brink, Rumours of Rain, Vintage, published 2000, page 353

Forms of leadwood

pluralleadwoods

Origin of leadwood

From lead + wood.

Questions about leadwood

What does leadwood mean?
Leadwood means a southern African tree with exceptionally hard and dense wood, Combretum imberbe.
What part of speech is leadwood?
Leadwood is a noun.
What is the plural of leadwood?
The plural of leadwood is leadwoods.

Words near leadwood in the dictionary

  1. leadtree
  2. leadtrees
  3. leadup
  4. leadups
  5. Leadville
  6. leadwood
  7. leadwoods
  8. leadwork
  9. leadworker
  10. leadworkers
  11. leadworks

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