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Lightwood

Lightwood Meaning & Definition
Lightwood Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Lightwood?

[n] tall Australian acacia yielding highly valued black timber

Synonyms | Synonyms for Lightwood: Acacia melanoxylon

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See Also | blackwood | blackwood tree | genus Acacia

Lightwood In Webster's Dictionary

\Light"wood`\ (-w[oo^]d`), n. Pine wood abounding in pitch, used for torches in the Southern United States; pine knots, dry sticks, and the like, for kindling a fire quickly or making a blaze.

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