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musclewood

musclewood noun: carpinus caroliniana, a deciduous tree of eastern North America.

musclewood: carpinus caroliniana, a deciduous tree of eastern North America
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Noun

musclewood (countable and uncountable, plural musclewoods)

  1. Carpinus caroliniana, a deciduous tree of eastern North America.
  2. (uncountable) The wood of this tree.

Synonyms of musclewood

Forms of musclewood

pluralmusclewoods

Origin of musclewood

From muscle (“from the sinewy appearance of the trunk and branches”) + wood.

Questions about musclewood

What does musclewood mean?
Musclewood means carpinus caroliniana, a deciduous tree of eastern North America.
What part of speech is musclewood?
Musclewood is a noun.
What is the plural of musclewood?
The plural of musclewood is musclewoods.

Words near musclewood in the dictionary

  1. muscles of mastication
  2. muscles up
  3. musclesome
  4. musclewoman
  5. musclewomen
  6. musclewood
  7. musclewoods
  8. muscley
  9. musclier
  10. muscliest
  11. muscling

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