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stinkwood

stinkwood noun: any of several not closely related trees whose wood has an unpleasant smell, but especially Ocotea bullata, a south African tree yielding hard, heavy wood.

Noun

stinkwood (countable and uncountable, plural stinkwoods)

  1. Any of several not closely related trees whose wood has an unpleasant smell, but especially Ocotea bullata, a south African tree yielding hard, heavy wood.
  2. The wood of such a tree.

stinkwood meaning in Indonesian

stinkwood in Indonesian

tree
kitamiang

Forms of stinkwood

pluralstinkwoods

Origin of stinkwood

From stink + wood.

Questions about stinkwood

What does stinkwood mean?
Stinkwood means any of several not closely related trees whose wood has an unpleasant smell, but especially Ocotea bullata, a south African tree yielding hard, heavy wood.
What is stinkwood in Indonesian?
Stinkwood in Indonesian is kitamiang. See Stinkwood meaning in Indonesian.
What part of speech is stinkwood?
Stinkwood is a noun.
What is the plural of stinkwood?
The plural of stinkwood is stinkwoods.

Words near stinkwood in the dictionary

  1. stinkstone
  2. stinkstones
  3. stinkt
  4. stinkweed
  5. stinkweeds
  6. stinkwood
  7. stinkwoods
  8. stinkwort
  9. stinky
  10. stinky bean
  11. stinky beans

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