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paddlewood

paddlewood noun: the light elastic wood of Aspidosperma excelsum, a South American tree whose trunk is readily split into planks.

Noun

paddlewood (uncountable)

  1. The light elastic wood of Aspidosperma excelsum, a South American tree whose trunk is readily split into planks.

Origin of paddlewood

From paddle + wood.

Questions about paddlewood

What does paddlewood mean?
Paddlewood means the light elastic wood of Aspidosperma excelsum, a South American tree whose trunk is readily split into planks.
What part of speech is paddlewood?
Paddlewood is a noun.

Words near paddlewood in the dictionary

  1. paddlewheel
  2. paddlewheel complex
  3. paddlewheeler
  4. paddlewheelers
  5. paddlewheels
  6. paddlewood
  7. Paddley
  8. paddling
  9. paddling one's own canoe
  10. paddling pool
  11. paddling pools

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