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tisswood

tisswood noun: red bay (Persea borbonia).

Noun

tisswood (uncountable)

  1. (US) Red bay (Persea borbonia).
  2. (US) Silverbell (genus Halesia).
  3. (US) Box elder (Acer negundo).

Origin of tisswood

Unknown first element + wood.

Questions about tisswood

What does tisswood mean?
Tisswood means red bay (Persea borbonia).
What part of speech is tisswood?
Tisswood is a noun.

Words near tisswood in the dictionary

  1. tissuelike
  2. tissues
  3. tissuey
  4. tissuing
  5. tissular
  6. tisswood
  7. tissy
  8. Tissyman
  9. TIST
  10. Tiswadi
  11. tiswas

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