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pockwood

pockwood noun: lignum vitae.

Noun

pockwood (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) lignum vitae

Origin of pockwood

From pock + wood, as formerly used to treat pocks.

Questions about pockwood

What does pockwood mean?
Pockwood means lignum vitae.
What part of speech is pockwood?
Pockwood is a noun.

Words near pockwood in the dictionary

  1. pockpit
  2. pockpits
  3. pockpitted
  4. pocks
  5. pockweed
  6. pockwood
  7. pocky
  8. POCO
  9. poco a poco
  10. Pocock
  11. Pococks

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