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stavewood

stavewood noun: simarouba amara or Quassia amara, a tall tree of tropical America, one of the trees that yield quassia.

Noun

stavewood (usually uncountable, plural stavewoods)

  1. (usually) Simarouba amara or Quassia amara, a tall tree of tropical America, one of the trees that yield quassia.

Forms of stavewood

pluralstavewoods

Origin of stavewood

From stave + wood.

Questions about stavewood

What does stavewood mean?
Stavewood means simarouba amara or Quassia amara, a tall tree of tropical America, one of the trees that yield quassia.
What part of speech is stavewood?
Stavewood is a noun.
What is the plural of stavewood?
The plural of stavewood is stavewoods.

Words near stavewood in the dictionary

  1. stavesacre
  2. stavesacres
  3. Staveses
  4. stavesman
  5. stavesmen
  6. stavewood
  7. stavewoods
  8. staving
  9. staving in
  10. staving off
  11. stavings

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